English

Provides parallel and supplemental review of English skills needed for students with an English ACT of 18 or 19 or a Compass placement test score between 70-80 who are also enrolled in ENG 101. If these students withdraw from ENG 100, they must also withdraw from ENG 101. Credit cannot be received by special exam.

Co-requisite: ENG 100 English Workshop must be taken concurrently with ENG 101.

Focuses on academic writing. Provides instruction in drafting and revising essays that express ideas in Standard English, including reading critically, thinking logically, responding to texts, addressing specific audiences, researching and documenting sources. Includes review of grammar, mechanics and usage.

NOTES:

1. Credit not available by special examination;
2. English 101 and 102 may not be taken concurrently;
3. AP credit in the English Language and Composition category for ENG 101 awarded as indicated by AP scoring chart in current KCTCS catalog.

Pre-requisite: Appropriate writing placement score or ENC 091. 

Emphasizes argumentative writing. Provides further instruction in drafting and systematically revising essays that express ideas in Standard English. Includes continued instruction and practice in reading critically, thinking logically, responding to texts, addressing specific audiences, and researching and documenting credible academic sources. NOTE: Credit is not available by special examination.

Pre-requisite: ENG 101.

An introduction to the genres and craft of imaginative writing, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students will study and practice writing in various modes through composition, peer critique, and research. Lecture and workshop. Offers credit for the UK Core requirement in Intellectual Inquiry in Arts & Creativity. Fulfills ENG pre-major requirement and provides ENG minor credit.

Introduces students to an analytical rather than historical approach to literature in order to deepen students’ insight into the nature and purpose of literature.

Provides instruction and experience in writing for business, industry and government. Emphasizes clarity, conciseness, and effectiveness in preparing letters, memos, and reports for specific audiences.

Pre-requisite: ENG 101 and ENG 102 (or Consent of Instructor) or ENG 105.

Introduces students to the rich body of women’s writing. Explores common and differing themes, attitudes, cultural norms, and gender identity evident in multiethnic, diverse societies through analysis and discussion of texts by women writers.

Pre-requisite: ENG 101.

Provides a cross-cultural and historical approach to written and oral works by major Black authors of Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Includes writers such as Chinua Achebe (Africa), Wilson Harris(Caribbean), and Toni Morrison (USA).

Pre-requisite: ENG 101.

Introduces the study of movies as a narrative art and a cultural document. Requires viewing of films outside of class.

Pre-requisite: ENG 101.