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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

Course Descriptions

A typical course description in the Undergraduate Bulletin appears like this:

LIT 273 American Multicultural Literature  

The three digits of the course codes refer to the course level. Undergraduate courses are those numbered from 100 to 499. All numbers above that are for graduate credit.The 100 series is primarily for freshmen; 200 – sophomores; 300 – juniors; and 400 – seniors.

Course Planning Information

Information included with the course description helps you as you plan your course schedules. General Education (Gen Ed), Racial and Ethnic Studies (RES), Global Perspective (GLP), repeatability, and terms offered (if known) are indicated.

The terms indicated serve only as a general guide and do not guarantee that a course will be offered during a particular semester. Verify availability of a course in any given term by checking the online Open Courses listing or through Access Stout when planning your schedule.
 

English (also see LIT)
  

  • ENGL-80 Reading, Writing, and Grammar

    (6 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Basic reading, writing and grammar skills in English. Credits earned will not count toward graduation. (ENGL-80 is the same as ESLI 51A  and ESLI 51B  .)
  

  • ENGL-90 Writing Workshop

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Developmental composition course required of students who score below the designated cut-off on the Wisconsin English Placement Test for admission into ENGL-101 . Prepared students for ENGL-101   and the rigors of college writing. Grade of “C” or better required to move on to ENGL-101 . Course does not count toward graduation but is included in the student’s course load, fees, and grade point average.
  

  • ENGL-101 Composition 1

    (3 cr.)
    Communication Skills
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Introductory, first-semester composition course required of students who achieve a designated score on the Wisconsin English Placement Test or a score of “C” or better in ENGL-90 . Practice in college-level writing, critical thinking and reading. Introduction to academic research, source-supported writing, argumentation, and conventions of structure, style, grammar, mechanics, and format appropriate to specific rhetorical situations. Students must receive a “C-” or better in ENGL-101 to move on to ENGL-102 .
    English Placement Required
  

  • ENGL-102 Composition 2

    (3 cr.)
    Communication Skills
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Second-semester composition course required of students who receive a grade of “C-” or higher in ENGL-101 . Continued development, through advanced academic research and inquiry, of the rhetorical and critical reading, writing, and thinking skills acquired in ENGL-101 . Focus on synthesizing a variety of readings and texts, including imaginative literature. Further refinement of documentation skills and academic writing practices and conventions.
    Prerequisite: C- or better in either ENGL-101  or ENGL-111 
  

  • ENGL-111 Freshman English–Honors I

    (3 cr.)
    Communication Skills
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Readings in world literature and related writing for training in composition techniques; documented paper.
    ENGL-111 Placement
  

  • ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II

    (3 cr.)
    Communication Skills
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Continuation of ENGL 111 .
    Prerequisite: take either ENGL 101  or ENGL 111 
  

  • ENGL-113 Honors Seminar I

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Intensive reading and writing that examines topics in world literature from Shakespeare to the present.
    Department Consent
    Prerequisite: take either ENGL 101  or ENGL 111 
  

  • ENGL-121 Introduction to Professional Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Trends, opportunities, and technologies shaping the field of professional communication. Career paths and specializations as well as ethical responsibilities.
    Prerequisite: Professional Communication & Emerging Media majors only
  

  • ENGL-125 Professional Writing Elements of Style

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Develop stylistic fluency through study of interaction of rhetoric, style, and grammar. May not be substituted for any required English composition course.
    Prerequisite: take either ENGL 101  or ENGL 111 
  

  • ENGL-149 Cooperative Education Experience

    (1-8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Work and study in an approved position to gain business/industrial/other experience. Normally entails recurring, supervised work periods, each one building and expanding on the previous.
    Department Consent
  

  • ENGL-207 Writing for the Media

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theory and practice of writing for the media.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 102  or ENGL 112  or ENGL 113 
  

  • ENGL-210 Journalism Practicum

    (1 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Work on regularly published newspaper and submit articles for evaluation and publication.
    Department Consent
    Prerequisites: ENGL 102  or ENGL 112  or ENGL 113 
  

  • ENGL-215 Foundations of Technical Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Overview of major writing and documentation forms and conventions used in technical communication, including document design strategies, technical reports, and other professional texts.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 102  or ENGL 112  or ENGL 113 
  

  • ENGL-218 Mass Communication: Effects of the Technology on Society

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    The ideological and social implications of mass communication technology.
    Prerequisite: take either ENGL-101  or ENGL-111 
  

  • ENGL-225 Editing Processes and Practices

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Comprehensive editing, copy editing, proofreading, and style selection; review of Standard Written English grammar and usage.
    Prerequisites: take ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 ; and take ENGL-125 
  

  • ENGL-245 Creative Writing

    (3 cr.)
    Arts and Humanities - Creative/Performing Arts
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Introduction to creative writing with an ethics component in four genres: Poetry, fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113  
  

  • ENGL-246 Informational Writing

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Introduction to creative writing with an ethics component in four genres: Poetry, fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 102   or ENGL 112   or ENGL 113  
  

  • ENGL-247 Critical Writing

    (3 cr.)
    Communication Skills - Writing
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    The art of evaluation and judgment; writing critical reviews and articles; documented critical paper.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-249 Cooperative Education Experience

    (1-8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Work and study in an approved position to gain business/industrial/other experience. Normally entails recurring, supervised work periods, each one building and expanding on the previous.
    Department Consent
  

  • ENGL-299 Independent Study

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Department Consent
  

  • ENGL-312 Transnational Professional Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theories and practical approaches to the global aspects of professional communication, including translation and cross-cultural visual communication. Apply cultural models in order to understand and address the needs of users and colleagues from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-317 Topics in Journalism

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Intensive study of and practice in topics in journalism.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113  
  

  • ENGL-320 Professional and Technical Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Introduction to workplace communication and key professional and technical genres adaptable to a wide variety of academic and vocational disciplines.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113  
  

  • ENGL-330 Feature Writing

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Plan, research and create feature articles for newspapers, magazines and online publications; develop research tools and writing skills; observe ethical and legal considerations in writing.
    Prerequisite: take ENGL-207 
  

  • ENGL-335 Critical Approach to Digital Humanities

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Explores the rhetoric of technologies and the dynamic interaction between digital technologies and society.
  

  • ENGL-340 The Structure of English

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    New analytic and descriptive methods applied to modern English.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-342 Creative Writing II

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Advanced practice in creative writing that builds on skills taught in ENGL-245  Creative Writing, focusing on genre specific texts.
    Prerequisite: take ENGL-245 
  

  • ENGL-349 Cooperative Education Experience

    (1-8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Work and study in an approved position to gain business/industrial/other experience. Normally entails recurring, supervised work periods, each one building and expanding on the previous.
    Department Consent
  

  • ENGL-350 Digital Storytelling

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Create and critique visual and digital stories and the deployment of digital and visual media tools to tell a variety of stories from diverse social and cultural contexts.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-361 Hypertext Writing

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Investigate writer and audience interaction in a hypertext environment. Gain exposure to and utilize markup languages to maximize audience participation in websites and other hypertext documents. Research, production and testing of an original website and hypertext essays.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-370 Developing Health Messages

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theories and practical approaches to the creation of effective health messages. Providing an understanding of how to recognize the diverse needs of health consumers with a focus on addressing health literacy issues, create health messaging tools and write for both specialized and general health audiences.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  

  • ENGL-371 Rhetoric and Style: Strategies of Argumentation

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Examines classical rhetoric to identify enduring elements and concerns as well as critical tensions and conflicts. Students will obtain the vocabulary and conceptual understanding of the rhetorical tradition with attention to development both oral and written arguments.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-385 Document Design

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Approaches to transmitting information in print and screen documents through the application of rhetorical and design principles.
  

  • ENGL-388 Writing for the Internet

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Investigate writer and audience interaction in hypertext and multimedia environments, and gain exposure to and utilize markup languages to maximize audience participation. Research, produce, and test an original hypertext or multimedia artifact.
  

  • ENGL-396 Expository Writing (Travel Writing in Scotland)

    (3 cr.)
    Global Perspective
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Forms, strategies and styles of expository writing. Emphasis on travel writing in Scotland, appropriate style and mechanics for presenting travel writing.
  

  • ENGL-396 Mass Media History

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Highlights of the origins, growth and evolution of America’s mass media from their early Western European background to the diversity of the modern day.
  

  • ENGL-396 Travel Writing

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Overview of major subgenres of travel writing. Practice transforming personal travel experience and place-based research into a variety of compelling texts.
  

  • ENGL-399 Independent Study

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Department Consent
  

  • ENGL-407 Seminar in Applied Journalism

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Investigation into journalistic practices in particular disciplines, industries, and trades. Students will research, synthesize, and apply journalistic practices to their chosen field.
    Prerequisite: take ENGL-207 
  

  • ENGL-410 Scientific Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Written and oral communication strategies for scientific careers, including the creation of data displays, proposals, and technical reports to articulate research methodologies and disseminate findings for broad audiences.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-418 Convergent Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Defining and analyzing convergent medial practices in professional communication disciplines, industries and trades; exploring how convergence of print, video/audio and online media has influenced professional writing.
    Prerequisite: take ENGL-218 
  

  • ENGL-425 Usability Design and Testing

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Plan, design, and conduct tests, measure effectiveness and efficiency of written and online documents; examine methodology and application of usability testing to demonstrate its value and importance.
  

  • ENGL-430 Writing for Content Management

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Concepts and practices of content management systems for the creation and production of technical communication both in print and online. Includes document workflow, globalization and translation of content for assembly of relevant documents. Uses case studies and client-based projects.
    Prerequisite: take either ENGL-215  or ENGL 320  
  

  • ENGL-435 Writing Technical Manuals

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Production of a technical manual–planning procedure, collecting information, analyzing audience, writing and field testing.
    Prerequisite: take either ENGL-215  or ENGL 320   
  

  • ENGL-437 Technical Writing Practicum

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Plan, write and produce a technical document for a client. Principles of document design, clear writing for a specific audience, methods of determining client needs, and methods of producing the final document.
    Department Consent
  

  • ENGL-440 Writer at Work Seminar

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Introduction to and practice in the professional side of creative writing, including but not limited to publication, reading, writers conferences and grant writing. Instructor’s consent
    Prerequisite: take ENGL-342 
  

  • ENGL-449 Cooperative Education Experience

    (1-8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Work and study in an approved position to gain business/industrial/other experience. Normally entails recurring, supervised work periods, each one building and expanding on the previous.
    Department Consent
  

  • ENGL-470 Special Topics in Health Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    In-depth study of special topics in the field of health communication.
  

  • ENGL-471 Professional Communication Capstone

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Preparing to enter the job market in a professional communication field, both as a full-time employee and as a freelancer or consultant. Practical issues such as networking, self-employment, copyright and portfolio development. Production of a significant client-based capstone project.
    Prerequisites: ENGL-102  or ENGL-112  or ENGL-113 
  

  • ENGL-475 Applied Health Communication Capstone

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Completion of an original research or field experience project for business or industry. Results in either a deliverable for a client with a project report or a research paper.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
    Completion of an original research or field experience project for business or industry. Results in either a deliverable for a client with a project report or a research paper.
  

  • ENGL-480 Seminar in Digital Humanities

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Research into and discussion of current and emerging issues in the digital humanities. Subject matter covered will vary to reflect the state of current research.
    Prerequisite: Take ENGL-335 
  

  • ENGL-495 Digital Humanities Capstone

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Development of student-initiated research project in the digital humanities over two semesters. Results in thesis in medium appropriate to topic.
    Prerequisite: Take ENGL-335 
  

  • ENGL-499 Independent Study

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Department Consent