| # | Code | Name | UG | GR | ADC | Subject | Subject Code | Academic Department | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 | ELIT465 | Topics in Literature (W) Selected topics in literature presented in a classroom setting. Subjects covered will determine how the class applies to the major. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2008 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English Literature (ELIT) | ELIT | English | Active | |
| 1602 | ELIT468 | Milton Seminar (IN-10) (W) In this class, Milton's brilliant mind engages our community of scholars in his vibrant and antagonistic debates about the freedoms of conscience, speech, assembly, and the press. Students read Milton's major epics, polemical prose, and poetry. Milton's work is also contextualized by other early seventeenth-century poets such as Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Herrick, and Crashaw. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2020 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English Literature (ELIT) | ELIT | English | Active | |
| 1603 | ELIT490 | Senior Capstone This course is for senior English majors only, to be taken during the semester prior to the final semester before graduation. The work consists of essay writing, portfolio preparation, an oral assessment, and reviewing for and taking the Major Field Test, Literature in English. English majors must score at or above the 50th percentile on the Major Field Test, with acceptable performance on essays, portfolio, and the oral assessment, in order to earn a Pass. A student may earn a grade of Honors ("A" on the transcript), Pass, or Fail. One must earn at least a Pass in order to graduate as an English major. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2010 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English Literature (ELIT) | ELIT | English | Active | |
| 1604 | ELIT495 | Directed Study See ELIT 295 for course description. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2008 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English Literature (ELIT) | ELIT | English | Active | |
| 1605 | ELIT495 | Independent Study The content of this course will be adjusted to meet the particular needs of the student. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English Literature (ELIT) | ELIT | English | Active | |
| 1606 | EMAT505 | Foundations of Education This course includes an examination of teaching as a profession, foundations in the history of education, as well as current issues and trends. Students participate in a variety of field experiences to enhance their understanding of the field. Students will be required to show evidence of passing a TN Bureau of Investigation background check prior to participating in field experiences. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1607 | EMAT505 | Foundations of Education This course includes an examination of teaching as a profession, foundations in the history of education, as well as current issues and trends. Students participate in a variety of field experiences to enhance their understanding of the field. Students will be required to show evidence of passing a TN Bureau of Investigation background check prior to participating in field experiences. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 07 ($120), Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1608 | EMAT507 | Educational Technology This course examines best methods for the integration of technology in education. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1609 | EMAT507 | Educational Technology This course examines best methods for the integration of technology in education. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 07 ($120), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1610 | EMAT508 | Bible Methods, Elementary An introduction to the pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to the effective teaching of religion and spiritual commitment. Candidates become familiar with the Transformational Planning Framework and Spiritual Growth Model that serve as the philosophical basis for the Encounter Bible curriculum. Instructional planning and assessment are based on the pedagogical strategies outlined in the Encounter units for 1st-8th grades. A required field experience provides opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. (Required for NAD licensure only.) Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1611 | EMAT510 | Master of Arts in Teaching Candidacy This pass-fail course assesses a student’s readiness to become a teacher education candidate. This course is a requirement for Transition Two in the Teacher Education Program. Coursework includes meeting with the education program adviser to ensure requirements for Transition Two have been met. Although the student consults directly with the adviser, it is the Teacher Education Council that votes completion of this transition. To continue in the Teacher Education Program, a student must first receive a Pass in this course. Students become eligible to register for this class after 9 hours of coursework have been successfully completed. Credits: 0, Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education and Psychology | Active | |
| 1612 | EMAT510 | Master of Arts in Teaching Candidacy This pass-fail course assesses a student’s readiness to become a teacher education candidate. This course is a requirement for Transition Two in the Teacher Education Program. Coursework includes meeting with the education program adviser to ensure requirements for Transition Two have been met. Although the student consults directly with the adviser, it is the Teacher Education Council that votes completion of this transition. To continue in the Teacher Education Program, a student must first receive a Pass in this course. Students become eligible to register for this class after 9 hours of coursework have been successfully completed. Students must obtain program advisor permission in order to register for this course. Credits: 0, Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1613 | EMAT510 | Master of Arts in Teaching Candidacy This pass-fail course assesses a student’s readiness to become a teacher education candidate. This course is a requirement for Transition Two in the Teacher Education Program. Coursework includes meeting with the education program adviser to ensure requirements for Transition Two have been met. Although the student consults directly with the adviser, it is the Graduate Education Council that votes completion of this transition. To continue in the Teacher Education Program, a student must first receive a Pass in this course. Students become eligible to register for this class after 9 hours of coursework have been successfully completed. Students must obtain program advisor permission in order to register for this course. Credits: 0, Lab Fee 07 ($120), Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1614 | EMAT512 | Classroom Management This course includes an overview of educational theories pertaining to the teaching-learning process and classroom management. Principles of effective classroom management and strategies to promote positive relationships, cooperation, conflict resolution are examined with an emphasis on culturally responsive and trauma-informed practice. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1615 | EMAT518 | Elementary Bible Methods Bridge This bridge course is designed to create the connection between EDCI 522 and EMAT 508. The relationship between the courses includes an introduction to the pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to the effective teaching of religion and spiritual commitment. Candidates become familiar with the Transformational Planning Framework and Spiritual Growth Model that serve as the philosophical basis for the Encounter Bible curriculum. Instructional planning and assessment are based on the pedagogical strategies outlined in the Encounter units for 1st-8th grades. This bridge course incorporates fieldwork that provides opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. Pre- or co-requisite EDUC 505 and EDCI 522. Credits: 1 - 2, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1616 | EMAT524 | Elementary Math Methods Bridge This bridge course is designed to create the connection between EDCI 526 and EMAT 554. The relationship between the courses includes curriculum organization, materials, methods, and instructional aids with emphasis on standards-based assessment. Attention is given to sequential skill development and to changes in the mathematical contents, technology and pedagogy. Instruction is also provided in lesson planning, assessment, and differentiating instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners. Classroom observation and micro-teaching required. This bridge course incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience, providing opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. Credits: 1 - 2, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1617 | EMAT525 | Elementary Language Arts Methods Bridge This bridge course is designed to create the connection between EDCI 525 and EMAT 555. The relationship between the courses includes a comprehensive study of effective evidence-based language arts principles and instructional methods appropriate for Kindergarten-8th grade. Effective methods and strategies related to both the receptive and expressive language arts (including listening, talking, writing, viewing, and visual representation) are emphasized. Teacher candidates become familiar with frameworks of instruction that support multi-grade contexts, developmentally appropriate practices, and differentiating for diversity. Study is given to assessments that inform instruction in the language arts. This bridge course incorporates a required field experience and provides opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component Credits: 1 - 2, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1618 | EMAT526 | Elementary Reading Methods Bridge This bridge course is designed to create the connection between EDCI 529 and EMAT 556. The relationship between the courses includes the examination of research on how children become literate and the implications of research on instructional practice. This course focuses on fluency, vocabulary acquisition, comprehension, and close reading of complex text. This course connects to content in previous literacy-specific courses and develops proficiency in the use of more complex teaching strategies and assessments. Classroom observation and micro-teaching is required. This bridge course incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience. Action research component. Credits: 1 - 2, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1619 | EMAT527 | Elementary Science & Health Methods Bridge This bridge course is designed to create the connection between EDCI 519, EDCI 527 and EMAT 557. The relationship between the courses include curriculum organization, methods, materials and equipment with emphasis on multi-grade classrooms. Techniques and materials are examined using basic principles of the scientific method. Instruction is also provided in lesson planning, assessment, and differentiating instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners. Classroom observation and micro-teaching are required. This bridge course incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience, providing opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and disposition. Action research component. Credits: 1 - 2, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1620 | EMAT528 | Elementary Social Studies Methods Bridge This bridge course is designed to create the connection between EDCI 523 and EMAT 558. The relationship between the courses includes an introduction to the pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to effective instruction and assessment in Social Studies. Teacher candidates become familiar with frameworks of instruction that support standards-based instruction, developmentally appropriate practices, and differentiating for diversity. Classroom observation and micro-teaching are required. This bridge course incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience, providing opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1621 | EMAT545 | General Methods for Secondary Education This course explores pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to effective curriculum planning, differentiated instruction, and assessment in secondary classrooms. Topics also include culturally responsive teaching, trauma-informed practices, and teacher self-assessment and reflection. A required field experience provides opportunity for application of knowledge skills and dispositions. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1622 | EMAT546 | Content Methods for Secondary Education This course combines discussion, guided practice, and actual teaching experiences in middle/high schools. Attention is given to using North American Division and TN Learning Standards to guide instruction and assessment. Secondary teacher candidates become familiar with content pedagogy as well as resources for planning, instruction, assessment, and evaluation. Curriculum and Content Methods is offered in Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Languages, Mathematics, and Physics. A required field experience provides opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1623 | EMAT547 | Inclusive Education for Secondary Education This course is based on the assumption that all students are capable of learning. The course seeks to familiarize teacher candidates with the broad range of exceptionalities found in elementary and secondary classrooms. Emphasis is placed on learning to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse students in inclusive classrooms, with an emphasis on students who are English language learners. Students are also introduced to the Response to Intervention model, including universal screening instruments and the three tiers of instruction and assessment. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1624 | EMAT549 | Teaching Writing in Grades 6-12 In this course candidates become familiar with the ELA writing standards for 6th - 12th grades. These standards guide the development of a writing unit that uses the writing process to create text focused on the use of textual evidence. Planning includes identifying the central focus, including the language function, and aligning standards, clear learning targets, mentor texts, assessments, and instructional pedagogies to support mastery of the language function. A key assessment is the performance assessment, which includes enacting the unit. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1625 | EMAT551 | Literature for Children This course includes a survey of children’s literature in its various genres. Attention is given to close reading techniques used to guide elementary students in the analysis of both narrative and informational text as well as in the selection of literature. Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1626 | EMAT552 | Art Methods, Elementary Designed to help prepare students to be effective teachers of art at the elementary and middle school levels, the course includes experience observing and teaching in elementary and/or middle school art classrooms, development of a teaching file and effective lesson plans, and examination of the stages of artistic development and appropriate art lessons and teaching strategies for each age group. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1627 | EMAT553 | Foundations of Literacy This course examines research and its implications on the development of literacy with a focus on theoretical knowledge and pedagogical skills to assist in making data-informed instructional decisions for teaching reading, writing, language, speaking and listening using integrated literacy practices in primary grade classrooms. Candidates are engaged in planning, instruction, and assessment with an emphasis on instruction and assessment. Topics relate to the development of phonemic awareness, phonics, literacy processes, spelling, and oral language. A performance assessment will be submitted that includes a comprehensive unit design. A required field experience provides opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action Research Component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1628 | EMAT554 | Math Methods, Elementary Includes curriculum organization, materials, methods, and instructional aids with emphasis on standards-based assessment. Attention is given to sequential skill development and to changes in the mathematical contents, technology and pedagogy. Instruction is also provided in lesson planning, assessment, and differentiating instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners. Classroom observation and micro-teaching required. Incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience, providing opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1629 | EMAT555 | Language Arts Methods, Elementary A comprehensive study of effective evidence-based language arts principles and instructional methods appropriate for Kindergarten-8th grade. Effective methods and strategies related to both the receptive and expressive language arts (including listening, talking, writing, viewing, and visual representation) are emphasized. Teacher candidates become familiar with frameworks of instruction that support multi-grade contexts, developmentally appropriate practices, and differentiating for diversity. Study is given to assessments that inform instruction in the language arts. A required field experience provides opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1630 | EMAT556 | Reading Methods, Elementary This course examines the research on how children become literate and the implications of research on instructional practice. This course focuses on fluency, vocabulary acquisition, comprehension, and close reading of complex text. This course connects to content in previous literacy-specific courses and develops proficiency in the use of more complex teaching strategies and assessments. Classroom observation and micro-teaching is required. Incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience. Action research component. Credits: 3, Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1631 | EMAT557 | Science and Health Methods, Elementary Includes curriculum organization, methods, materials and equipment with emphasis on multi-grade classrooms. Techniques and materials are examined using basic principles of the scientific method. Instruction is also provided in lesson planning, assessment, and differentiating instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners. Classroom observation and micro-teaching are required. Incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience, providing opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and disposition. Action research component. Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1632 | EMAT558 | Social Studies Methods, Elementary An introduction to the pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to effective instruction and assessment in Social Studies. Teacher candidates become familiar with frameworks of instruction that support standards-based instruction, developmentally appropriate practices, and differentiating for diversity. Classroom observation and micro-teaching are required. Incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience, providing opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Action research component. Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1633 | EMAT559 | Response to Intervention This course is designed to provide teacher candidates with a comprehensive understanding of the Response to Intervention (RTI) model of instruction and intervention. Candidates become familiar with universal assessment, formative assessments, evidence-based Tier II interventions, and progress monitoring. An intensive field experience involves administration and analysis of assessments and use of interventions within a tutoring context. Candidates may choose an emphasis in Math or Literacy RTI. A performance assessment is required. Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1634 | EMAT559 | Response to Intervention This course is designed to provide teacher candidates with a comprehensive understanding of the Response to Intervention (RTI) model of instruction and intervention. Candidates become familiar with universal assessment, formative assessments, evidence-based Tier II interventions, and progress monitoring. An intensive field experience involves administration and analysis of assessments and use of interventions within a tutoring context. Candidates may choose an emphasis in Math or Literacy RTI. A performance assessment is required. Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | SUMMER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1635 | EMAT570 | Teacher Performance Assessment Preparation Seminar 1 includes an introduction to the edTPA assessment for state licensure through the students' completion of a mini version of the edTPA for their content areas. While completing their mini-edTPA, students meet weekly for 8 - 10 weeks with the edTPA coordinator who guides their use of departmental and national edTPA resources. Throughout the process of completing the mini-edTPA, students are asked to apply and analyze their field experience observations and activities as they respond to the mini-edTPA commentary prompts. This seminar is required for both student teaching and job-embedded candidates. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education and Psychology | Active | |
| 1636 | EMAT570 | Teacher Performance Assessment Preparation Seminar 1 includes an introduction to the edTPA assessment for state licensure through the students' completion of a mini version of the edTPA for their content areas. While completing their mini-edTPA, students meet weekly for 8 - 10 weeks with the edTPA coordinator who guides their use of departmental and national edTPA resources. Throughout the process of completing the mini-edTPA, students are asked to apply and analyze their field experience observations and activities as they respond to the mini-edTPA commentary prompts. This seminar is required for both student teaching and job-embedded candidates. Permission of program advisor is required for students to register for this course. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2024 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1637 | EMAT572 | Teacher Performance Assessment Preparation Course Description Seminar 1 includes an introduction to the edTPA assessment for state licensure through the students' completion of a mini version of the edTPA for their content areas. While completing their mini-edTPA, students meet weekly for 8 - 10 weeks with the edTPA coordinator who guides their use of departmental and national edTPA resources. Throughout the process of completing the mini-edTPA, students are asked to apply and analyze their field experience observations and activities as they respond to the mini-edTPA commentary prompts. This seminar is required for both student teaching and job-embedded candidates. Permission of program advisor is required for students to register for this course. The course requires 10 hours of field experience. Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1638 | EMAT572 | Teacher Performance Assessment Preparation Course Description Seminar 1 includes an introduction to the edTPA assessment for state licensure through the students' completion of a mini version of the edTPA for their content areas. While completing their mini-edTPA, students meet weekly for 8 - 10 weeks with the edTPA coordinator who guides their use of departmental and national edTPA resources. Throughout the process of completing the mini-edTPA, students are asked to apply and analyze their field experience observations and activities as they respond to the mini-edTPA commentary prompts. This seminar is required for both student teaching and job-embedded candidates. Permission of program advisor is required for students to register for this course. The course requires 10 hours of field experience. Credits: 2, Level: Graduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Graduate Studies Approval 1A, Graduate Studies | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1639 | EMAT610 | Student Teaching This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Those on the student teaching track will be under the direction of a school-based clinical mentor and university supervisor. Those on the job-embedded track will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 8, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education and Psychology | Active | |
| 1640 | EMAT610 | Student Teaching This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Those on the student teaching track will be under the direction of a school-based clinical mentor and university supervisor. Those on the job-embedded track will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 6, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1641 | EMAT610 | Student Teaching This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Those on the student teaching track will be under the direction of a school-based clinical mentor and university supervisor. Those on the job-embedded track will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 6, Level: Graduate, Offered: Fall Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education and Psychology | Inactive | |
| 1642 | EMAT610 | Student Teaching This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Those on the student teaching track will be under the direction of a school-based clinical mentor and university supervisor. Those on the job-embedded track will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 6, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1643 | EMAT611 | Student Teaching Seminar This course is designed to provide candidates with opportunities to enhance the student teaching experience through in-depth discussion and analysis of topics relevant to effective teaching. The seminar will include an overview of major principles/theories of learning and teaching as they relate to actual classroom practice. Practitioners will make presentations related to areas of the teaching experience. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1644 | EMAT611 | Student Teaching Seminar This course is designed to provide candidates with opportunities to enhance the student teaching experience through in-depth discussion and analysis of topics relevant to effective teaching. The seminar will include an overview of major principles/theories of learning and teaching as they relate to actual classroom practice. Practitioners will make presentations related to areas of the teaching experience. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1645 | EMAT611 | Student Teaching Seminar This course is designed to provide candidates with opportunities to enhance the student teaching experience through in-depth discussion and analysis of topics relevant to effective teaching. The seminar will include an overview of major principles/theories of learning and teaching as they relate to actual classroom practice. Practitioners will make presentations related to areas of the teaching experience. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1646 | EMAT612 | Student Teaching and Seminar This semester-long practicum provides teacher candidates with comprehensive, supervised teaching experience in a classroom setting. Candidates assume responsibility for instructional planning, delivery, and assessment. Student teaching candidates are guided by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor, while job-embedded candidates serve as the teacher of record with similar support. A required seminar complements the practicum by addressing key theories of learning and instruction, offering opportunities for reflective discussion, and featuring presentations by experienced practitioners on topics relevant to effective teaching. Credits: 7, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1647 | EMAT620 | Job-Embedded Clinical Experience I This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Candidates will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 4, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1648 | EMAT620 | Job-Embedded Clinical Experience I This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Candidates will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 4, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1649 | EMAT621 | Job-Embedded Seminar I This course is designed to provide candidates with opportunities to enhance the job-embedded experience through in-depth discussion and analysis of topics relevant to effective teaching. The seminar will include an overview of major principles/theories of learning and teaching as they relate to actual classroom practice. Practitioners will make presentations related to areas of the teaching experience. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1650 | EMAT621 | Job-Embedded Seminar I This course is designed to provide candidates with opportunities to enhance the job-embedded experience through in-depth discussion and analysis of topics relevant to effective teaching. The seminar will include an overview of major principles/theories of learning and teaching as they relate to actual classroom practice. Practitioners will make presentations related to areas of the teaching experience. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1651 | EMAT621 | Job-Embedded Seminar I This course is designed to provide candidates with opportunities to enhance the job-embedded experience through in-depth discussion and analysis of topics relevant to effective teaching. The seminar will include an overview of major principles/theories of learning and teaching as they relate to actual classroom practice. Practitioners will make presentations related to areas of the teaching experience. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1652 | EMAT622 | Job-Embedded Clinical Experience II This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Candidates will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 4, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1653 | EMAT622 | Job-Embedded Clinical Experience II This semester-long practicum provides extensive instructional experiences to the teacher candidate who assumes responsibility for instructional planning, implementation and evaluation of students. Candidates will serve as teacher of record and will be supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 4, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1654 | EMAT623 | Job-Embedded Seminar II This semester-long practicum provides an additional semester of extensive instructional experiences to the job-embedded teacher candidate who serves as the teacher of record and is supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1655 | EMAT623 | Job-Embedded Seminar II This semester-long practicum provides an additional semester of extensive instructional experiences to the job-embedded teacher candidate who serves as the teacher of record and is supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 1, Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2022 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Active | |
| 1656 | EMAT623 | Job-Embedded Seminar II This semester-long practicum provides an additional semester of extensive instructional experiences to the job-embedded teacher candidate who serves as the teacher of record and is supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1657 | EMAT624 | Job-Embedded Clinical Experience and Seminar I This semester-long practicum provides advanced, supervised instructional experience in which teacher candidates assume primary responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction. Serving as the teacher of record, candidates apply pedagogical theory in authentic classroom settings under the guidance of a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. The accompanying seminar deepens the job-embedded experience through critical analysis of current issues and research related to effective teaching and learning. Emphasis is placed on connecting major theories and principles of learning to practice, with opportunities for professional dialogue and practitioner-led presentations. Credits: 5, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1658 | EMAT625 | Job-Embedded Clinical Experience and Seminar II This semester-long practicum provides teacher candidates with extensive, supervised instructional experience as they assume full responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction. Candidates serve as the teacher of record in a job-embedded setting and are supported by a school-based clinical mentor and a university supervisor. This advanced practicum builds upon prior field experiences, offering an additional semester of in-depth professional growth and reflective practice in authentic classroom contexts. Credits: 5, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Graduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Graduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: GR Curriculum Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Education Master of Arts in Teaching (EMAT) | EMAT | School of Education, Psychology, and Counseling | Review | |
| 1659 | ENGL100 | Fundamentals of Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing ENGL 100 focuses on fundamental critical thinking skills related to university-level reading and writing in preparation for ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. This course is required of students whose English ACT score is below 18, R-SAT EBRW score is below 480, or R-SAT writing & language score is below 25. Students must earn a C to pass the course. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1660 | ENGL100 | Fundamentals of Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing ENGL 100 focuses on fundamental critical thinking skills related to university-level reading and writing in preparation for ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. This course is required of students whose English ACT score is below 18, writing SAT score is below 450, or R-SAT score is below 25. Students must earn a C to pass the course. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1978 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1661 | ENGL101 | Critical Thinking in Academic Reading and Writing I (IN-2) This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It broadens students' knowledge and skills about writing and analyzing various texts so they can adapt to the diversity of reading and writing tasks encountered across the college curriculum and beyond. Instruction on the stages of writing process, from prewriting exercise through drafting and revision, forms a key part of the curriculum. This course does not count toward the English major or minor. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1662 | ENGL101 | Critical Thinking in Academic Reading and Writing I (IN-2) This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It broadens students' knowledge and skills about writing and analyzing various texts so they can adapt to the diversity of reading and writing tasks encountered across the college curriculum and beyond. Instruction on the stages of writing process, from prewriting exercise through drafting and revision, forms a key part of the curriculum. This course does not count toward the English major or minor. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1975 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1663 | ENGL102 | Critical Thinking in Academic Reading and Writing II (IN-2) This course builds on the critical reading and writing proficiencies developed in ENGL 101 with an emphasis on critical evaluation and writing source-based arguments as well as summarizing, analyzing, and synthesizing. Students will identify issues, assess claims, locate evidence, take positions, and write convincing arguments. Designed to familiarize students from a variety of academic disciplines with basic information literacy and documentation skills, the course includes an introduction to MLA and APA documentation. This course does not count toward the English major or minor. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1975 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1664 | ENGL103 | H:Critical Thinking in Academic Reading and Writing II (IN-2) This course is required for Southern Scholars. It builds extensively on the critical reading and writing proficiencies developed in ENGL 101, with attention to depth of critical thinking and textual analysis, accuracy of assessment, and standards of research-based writing and documentation. This course does not count toward an English major or minor. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2011 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1665 | ENGL106 | H:Critical Thinking in Academic Reading and Writing II This course is required for Southern Scholars who have taken ENGL 102 rather than ENGL 103. The content of this class will be adjusted to meet the particular needs of the student as demonstrated in a portfolio of composition writing assignments. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1666 | ENGL109 | Reading for Comprehension Reading for Comprehension is designed to assist students in the development of college-level reading skills, with an emphasis on textbook reading. Includes literal and critical comprehension skills, vocabulary development, and reading efficiency. Online only. This course does not count toward the English major or minor. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1667 | ENGL109 | Reading for Comprehension Reading for Comprehension is designed to assist students in the development of college-level reading skills, with an emphasis on textbook reading. Includes literal and critical comprehension skills, vocabulary development, and reading efficiency. This course does not count toward the English major or minor. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Records Office Approval 1E, Records Office | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Review | |
| 1668 | ENGL132 | Programmed Grammar Study Programmed Grammar Study is a structured review of English grammar, mechanics, and usage for students who wish to improve proficiency in these skill areas. This course does not count toward an English major or minor. Online only. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1669 | ENGL150 | English Major Qualification This pass-fail class assesses a student's readiness to gain departmental acceptance as an English major, and is normally taken during the second semester of the freshman year. Coursework includes producing a writing portfolio, counseling with the student's adviser, presenting a record of success in ACT or SAT-Writing tests and selected college English courses, and carrying out such special essays or projects as may be assigned by the adviser. Although the Department of English chair is teacher of record, the adviser works directly with the student, and the department as a whole conducts the final evaluation to determine the student's grade. To complete an English major, a student must receive a Pass in this course. Credits: 0, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1670 | ENGL190 | Introduction to English Studies This course introduces majors to the broad range of scholarship and practice within the discipline of English with an emphasis on three overlapping areas: the practical, the theoretical, and the professional. The course includes practice of close reading and analysis skills and overviews the history, theory, and methods of as well as the connections between literature, language, writing, and theory. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1671 | ENGL200 | Christian Service in English (SERV-2) Christian Service in English provides students the option to complete a service project coordinated through the Department of English or in partial fulfillment of an ELIT or ENGL lower division course with a service-oriented project that fulfills one or two Level II requirements of the Christian Service program. Must be an English major or minor. Credits: 0, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1672 | ENGL200 | Christian Service in English (SERV-2) Christian Service in English provides students the option to complete a service project coordinated through the Department of English or in partial fulfillment of an ELIT or ENGL lower division course with a service-oriented project that fulfills one or two Level II requirements of the Christian Service program. Credits: 0, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2019 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1673 | ENGL201 | Grammar and Its Consequences This course is a rigorous description of English grammar (descriptive and prescriptive) focusing on how words function in sentences, how sentences relate to one another in paragraphs, and how grammar affects language and society. It introduces students to beginning concepts of sentence diagramming. The class may be waived as an English-major requirement for those who score 90% or higher on the associated pre-test. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1674 | ENGL202 | Grammar and Its Consequences (SERV-2) This course is a rigorous description of English grammar (descriptive and prescriptive) focusing on how words function in sentences, how sentences relate to one another in paragraphs, and how grammar affects language and society. It introduces students to beginning concepts of sentence diagramming. The class may be waived as an English-major requirement for those who score 90% or higher on the associated pre-test. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1675 | ENGL209 | Teaching English in the Community Teaching English in the Community covers fundamental principles and practices of teaching community members who wish to improve their reading, writing, and speaking skills in English. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1676 | ENGL210 | English Convention/Study Tour Students attend a conference or participate in a study tour designed to enrich their educational experience and promote effectiveness and job preparedness within their field of study. Requirements include attendance and maintaining a log of resulting reflection/learning experiences. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2020 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1677 | ENGL212 | Introduction to Editing This course introduces students to 3 important editorial skills necessary for professional writing spaces: fact checking for accuracy, copyediting, and finding and using editorial resources. Elements discussed include responsibility, ethics, fairness, and sensitivity. Students will sharpen their proofreading and editing skills through hands-on work with documents. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1678 | ENGL212 | Introduction to Editing This course introduces students to three important editorial skills necessary for professional writing spaces: fact checking for accuracy, copyediting, and finding and using editorial resources. Elements discussed include responsibility, ethics, fairness, and sensitivity. Students will sharpen their proofreading and editing skills through hands-on work with documents. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Records Office Approval 1E, Records Office | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Review | |
| 1679 | ENGL220 | Creative Writing: Tools of the Craft (IN-10) This course is an introduction to creative writing. Students will read contemporary creative writers in four genres: short fiction, short literary nonfiction, poetry, and screen-plays, focusing on how "story" governs each genre. Students will learn, analyze, and imitate effective writer's craft. Students will be required to write original work in all four genres. In addition, students will write short reflections on assigned readings as well as on their own writings. Students will analyze the effectiveness of contemporary writers' use of the elements of story and of writer's craft. Active class participation will be expected. A portfolio of original work from the semester will be required. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2017 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1680 | ENGL220 | Creative Writing: Tools of the Craft (IN-10) This course is an introduction to creative writing. Students will read contemporary creative writers in four genres: short fiction, short literary nonfiction, poetry, and screen-plays, focusing on how "story" governs each genre. Students will learn, analyze, and imitate effective writer's craft. Students will be required to write original work in all four genres. In addition, students will write short reflections on assigned readings as well as on their own writings. Students will analyze the effectiveness of contemporary writers' use of the elements of story and of writer's craft. Active class participation will be expected. A portfolio of original work from the semester will be required. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1681 | ENGL265 | Topics in English Selected topics designed to meet the needs or interests of students in English. Subjects covered will determine how the class applies to the major or minor. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2021 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1682 | ENGL295 | Directed Study The content of this course will be adjusted to meet the particular needs of the student. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1980 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1683 | ENGL295 | Independent Study The content of this course will be adjusted to meet the particular needs of the student. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1684 | ENGL300 | Christian Service in English (SERV-2) Christian Service in English provides students the option to complete a service project coordinated through the Department of English or in partial fulfillment of an ELIT or ENGL upper division course with a service-oriented project that fulfills one or two Level II requirements of the Christian Service program. Must be an English major or minor. Credits: 0, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1685 | ENGL300 | Christian Service in English (SERV-2) Christian Service in English provides students the option to complete a service project coordinated through the Department of English or in partial fulfillment of an ELIT or ENGL upper division course with a service-oriented project that fulfills one or two Level II requirements of the Christian Service program. Credits: 0, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2019 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1686 | ENGL301 | English as a Second Language: Issues and Trends The central purpose of this course is to provide experience in identifying, analyzing, and discussing significant current issues in the field of English as a Second Language with in-depth study of the history of English as a Second Language instruction. Additional study will focus on articles written by major researchers in this field. This course will also investigate the development and characteristics of various programs used in teaching English to limited English proficient (LEP) students and review current state and federal requirements affecting provision of services for non-English background learners. This course is cross-listed with EDUC 301. A student may receive credit for this course from only one Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1687 | ENGL301 | Second Language Acquisition This course introduces major theories of second language acquisition, explores how these theories have influenced the history of the field of TESOL, and examines how the theoretical foundations of SLA have practical implications for TESOL program models, pedagogical methods, and assessment. It also considers ethical implications for teachers and students of the sociocultural context of language learning. Historical legal actions as well as current state and federal requirements affecting provision of services for English language learners are reviewed. Opportunities for continued development as a TESOL professional are introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1688 | ENGL302 | English as a Second Language: Strategies and Methods See EDUC 302 for course description. This course is cross-listed with EDUC 302. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1689 | ENGL306 | Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) Students in this course will use creative writing craft to compose personal essays in a variety of forms. Students will read and analyze examples of both classical and contemporary creative non-fiction as models of effective writing. Writing assignments will be peer-reviewed in a workshop setting. Students will submit a substantial portfolio of original work tailored to their interests over the course of the semester. In addition, students will create and maintain a writer's blog (or vlog) as a platform for their work. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2019 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1690 | ENGL306 | Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) Students in this course will use creative writing craft to compose personal essays in a variety of forms. Students will read and analyze examples of both classical and contemporary creative non-fiction as models of effective writing. Writing assignments will be peer-reviewed in a workshop setting. Students will submit a substantial portfolio of original work tailored to their interests over the course of the semester. In addition, students will create and maintain a writer's blog (or vlog) as a platform for their work. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1691 | ENGL307 | Creative Writing: Fiction (W) In this course, students will deepen their understanding of what makes nano-fiction, short stories, and novels effective through the reading of contemporary writers and the writing of original work that will be peer-reviewed in a workshop setting. Emphasis will be placed on the development of the writer's voice. Students will submit a substantial portfolio of original work written over the course of the semester and tailored to their interests. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2017 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1692 | ENGL307 | Creative Writing: Fiction (W) In this course, students will deepen their understanding of what makes nano-fiction, short stories, and novels effective through the reading of contemporary writers and the writing of original work that will be peer-reviewed in a workshop setting. Emphasis will be placed on the development of the writer's voice. Students will submit a substantial portfolio of original work written over the course of the semester and tailored to their interests. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1693 | ENGL308 | Creative Writing: Poetry (W) Students in this course will study the elements of writing poetry from the use of imagery and figurative language to both formal and organic poetic forms. Students will study contemporary poetry for writer's craft and submit their work for peer-review in a workshop setting. Emphasis will be placed on the development of a collection of poetry ready for publication, which will be submitted as a portfolio of work written over the course of the semester. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2017 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1694 | ENGL308 | Creative Writing: Poetry (W) Students in this course will study the elements of writing poetry from the use of imagery and figurative language to both formal and organic poetic forms. Students will study contemporary poetry for writer's craft and submit their work for peer-review in a workshop setting. Emphasis will be placed on the development of a collection of poetry ready for publication, which will be submitted as a portfolio of work written over the course of the semester. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1695 | ENGL309 | Readings in English Topics selected from language, literature, rhetoric, theory, or related areas of English. Online only. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1696 | ENGL313 | Expository Writing (W) A workshop approach that provides practical instruction in expository writing for all disciplines. Emphasizes developing a natural writing style; writing economical but lively prose; increasing vocabulary; and cultivating a writing process which frees writer's block and facilitates thoughtful, cogent, focused, coherent, and fluent writing. Involves reading and analysis of a wide variety of writing. Helpful for all students wishing to improve their writing skills, particularly those headed for graduate school or for professions in which writing is important. Tailored to the needs and interests of students who enroll. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1990 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1697 | ENGL313 | Expository Writing (W) A workshop approach that provides practical instruction in expository writing for all disciplines. Emphasizes developing a natural writing style; writing economical but lively prose; increasing vocabulary; and cultivating a writing process which frees writer's block and facilitates thoughtful, cogent, focused, coherent, and fluent writing. Involves reading and analysis of a wide variety of writing. Helpful for all students wishing to improve their writing skills, particularly those headed for graduate school or for professions in which writing is important. Tailored to the needs and interests of students who enroll. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1698 | ENGL317 | Introduction to Linguistics This class offers an overview of linguistic analysis. Using basic concepts from phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and sociolinguistics, students examine the nature of language and its pedagogical implications. The course also briefly surveys the history and development of the English language. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2015 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1699 | ENGL320 | Rhetoric: The Performance of Argument A survey of the theories and techniques of rhetoric from ancient Greece to the present. Particular attention is given to the ways in which contemporary writers can create appropriate rhetorical strategies for communicating in their own social and cultural contexts. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active | |
| 1700 | ENGL414 | Mapping the Publication Maze This course is designed for serious, experienced creative writers who plan to publish their writing. Instruction will be given regarding the different options for publication today and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Students will research potential publication venues for their work and will be required to submit their writing for publication during the semester. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2005 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | English (ENGL) | ENGL | English | Active |