English (ENGL). Also see Communication Skills, Theater and Technical Communication

Note: Courses taught at a distance (Distance Learning [DL]) may have a higher lab fee than traditionally taught courses.

ENGL 100 Language Development (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
Students develop skills in reading and writing in preparation for ENGL 101 by analyzing the writing of students and professionals and by developing paragraphs and short essays using narration, description, exemplification and/or illustration.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: DEV 041 with a grade of “C” or higher or placement by test. Credit will not count toward graduation in any degree program.
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 101 Beginning Composition (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
Students develop processes for critically reading, writing and responding to a variety of texts in order to compose clear, concise expository essays. This course, or its equivalent, is required for all degrees.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 100 with a grade of “C” or higher or placement by test
Lab fee: $1.00

ENG1 101A MLA/APA Documentation Module (On Demand)

1 credit
Students develop skills in MLA/APA documentation format including quoting, paraphrasing, summarization, works cited, annotated bibliography and electronic sources. Students will complete several documentation exercises and a final exam testing their knowledge of MLA/APA documentation style.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or transfer credit for ENGL 101 from another school
Lab fee: $2.00

ENGL 102 Essay and Research (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
A continuation of ENGL 101, this course helps students refine and assess processes for critically reading, writing and responding to a variety of texts, both traditional and nontraditional. The course includes instruction in research techniques and documentation of sources.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a grade of “C” or higher
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 111 English Composition (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
An accelerated combination of ENGL 101 and 102, this course helps students develop, refine and assess processes for critically reading, writing and responding to a variety of texts, both traditional and nontraditional. The course includes instruction in research techniques and documentation of sources.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: Placement test score
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 119 Tutoring for Literacy (A)

3 credits
Tutoring for Literacy is a methods course that instructs students in basic techniques for teaching reading and writing in community agencies that host programs designed to improve literacy in their respective environments. Students in this course participate in two hours of weekly classroom instruction and provide one-to-one tutoring with assigned agencies six hours per week.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 6 hours
Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and either SSCI 101, SSCI 103, PSY 100, or SOC 101

ENGL 190 Freshman Experience in English

(See ASC 190)

ENGL 200 Business Communications (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
Emphasis is placed on principles of effective business writing. Students practice writing business letters and memos. A problem-solving or technical report related to the student’s area of concentration is required. Resume preparation and job search techniques are covered.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher and at least two quarters (or equivalent) work experience in a technology
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 202 Writing for Health and Human Services (A, W, SP, SU)

3 credits
Students specializing in human services and health care fields practice the kinds of writing essential to record keeping and research in their professions. Legal and ethical interdisciplinary communication is emphasized. Using practice and real-life cases, students write descriptions, summaries and evaluations. Job search techniques and letter, memo, and report formats are covered. A short research paper using APA documentation is required. This course may substitute for ENGL 200 or ENGL 204 in certain technologies; check with academic advisor.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher, enrollment in a technical program, and current clinical /field placement
Lab fee: $7.00

ENGL 204 Technical Writing (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
Students learn the principles of technical writing and practice those types of writing required of technicians, including letters, memos, and reports as required in a student’s technology. A problem-solving report is written. Resume preparation and job search techniques are covered. Oral reports using visual aids are required.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher and at least two quarters (or equivalent) in the student’s technology
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 206 Governmental Communications (On Demand)

3 credits
The course emphasizes the principles of effective writing practiced in government settings. The student learns to write various types of correspondence in a variety of formats, in addition to researching and writing a report adhering to specific guidelines. The student will also prepare selected components of a job application package.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or better
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 207 Writing for the Web (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of writing on the Web. It examines the stylistic and rhetorical dimensions of creating text for the Web, examines which combination of media should be employed to support text, and considers basic issues of design and usability, including how reading strategies on the WWW differ from reading strategies for paper documents.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111
Lab fee: $7.00

ENGL 208 Communication for the Mass Media (W, SP)

3 credits
This course prepares students to communicate effectively with the mass media including newspapers, magazines, radio and television through press conferences, news releases, feature stories, research reports and statements. Students will prepare and present a portfolio that may include news and feature stories, brochures, flyers, research and other assignments completed for the course.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111
Corequisite: COMM 105 or equivalent is recommended
Lab fee: $7.00

ENGL 210 Creative Writing (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
Students are introduced to the fundamental techniques of creative writing. Using peer group analysis and workshop techniques, students will develop short pieces in a variety of genres.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 111
Lab fee: $3.00

ENGL 215 Magazine Publication: Literary Criticism, Editing and Design (W)

3 credits
Through hands-on practice with Spring Street, students learn the processes and techniques involved in the production of a literary magazine.
Lecture: 1 hour – Lab: 4 hours
Prerequisites: ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher and instructor’s permission.
Lab fee: $3.00

ENGL 220 Literature and Composition (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
Literature and Composition is an intermediate writing course that focuses on producing expository and critical essays about major literary works and genres. Students are introduced to a variety of works by American and British authors, as well a works in translation in the process of analyzing and writing about them. This course, or its equivalent in the ENGL 250–253 series, is required for all Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees, but this course is designed for A.A. and A.S. students transferring to colleges other than Ohio State.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 225 Introduction to Fiction (SU,–DL)

5 credits
The course is an intensive study of selected short stories and novels. Through critical reading, discussion and writing, students will become familiar with important themes and methodologies of fiction. In both short stories and novels, emphasis will be placed upon identifying and analyzing authors’ particular uses of the traditional elements of fiction (structure, setting, point of view, etc.) to develop plot and character.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or better
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 230 Introduction to Dramatic Literature (W, SU)

5 credits
Students will study selected masterpieces of Western drama and discuss their social, political and cultural influences. Students will write critical analyses of drama and of plays attended.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or better
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 235 Introduction to Poetry (A, SP,–DL)

5 credits
This course will introduce students to the critical process of reading and responding to poetry from historical, cultural and gender-based perspectives. Emphasis will be upon traditional and nontraditional forms, as well as mainstream and marginalized writers. Students will become familiar with appropriate terminology; however, they also will learn to encounter the poem as a whole piece of written discourse between poet and reader. Students will, therefore, conduct an ongoing oral and written dialogue with the poet (Who is the speaker? Who is the audience? What is the purpose?) and the poem (What is the message?). Students will articulate, orally and in writing, their own ideas of interpretation based upon a close reading of the text and an informed perspective concerning the historical and cultural circumstances of its origin.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or better
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 240 Introduction to Science Fiction (A,–DL)

3 credits
The historical roots and literary forms of science fiction are introduced. From their readings and viewing of films, students will write critiques, reports and research papers about science fiction as a literary genre.
Lecture: 3 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 245 Introduction to Film (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course introduces students to cinema by analyzing the elements of film technique: literature, story, drama, editing, movement, acting, sound, photography, staging and theory. Film as a cultural product is also discussed. Class activities include critical viewing, discussion and writing assignments.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher
Lab fee: $7.00

ENGL 250 Writing about the American Experience (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
ENGL 250 is an intermediate writing course that extends and refines skills in expository and argumentative writing, critical reading and critical thinking. Students analyze, discuss and write about major topics pertaining to the theme of the American Experience, and the ways in which individual writers have articulated this theme. Assigned reading of American literature will address such issues as race, culture, diversity, class, gender and sexual orientation to stimulate writing and facilitate an awareness of the interplay among purpose, audience, content, structure and style. Students plan, draft and revise essays that represent a sophisticated application of expository skills and critical analysis. This course also refines skills in researching a topic, documenting sources, working collaboratively, and preparing and giving oral presentations. The course may substitute for ENGL 220 or meet elective requirements in the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science Degree programs and transfer requirements in composition or literature.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher. Not open to students who have credit for ENGL 251, ENGL 252, or ENGL 253.
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 251 The American Identity (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
ENGL 251 is an intermediate writing course that extends and refines skills in expository and argumentative writing, critical reading and critical thinking. Students analyze, discuss and write about major topics pertaining to the theme of identity in the United States, and the ways in which individual writers have articulated this theme. Assigned reading of American literature will address such issues as race, culture, diversity, class, gender and sexual orientation to stimulate writing and facilitate an awareness of the interplay among purpose, audience, content, structure and style. Students plan, draft and revise essays that represent a sophisticated application of expository skills and critical analysis. This course also refines skills in researching a topic, documenting sources, working collaboratively, and preparing and giving oral presentations. The course may substitute for ENGL 220 or meet elective requirements in the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science Degree programs and transfer requirements in composition or literature.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher. Not open to students who have credit for ENGL 250, ENGL 252, or ENGL 253
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 252 Images of Men and Women (A, W, SP, SU, – DL)

5 credits
ENGL 252 is an intermediate writing course that extends and refines skills in expository and argumentative writing, critical reading and critical thinking. Students analyze, discuss and write about major topics pertaining to the theme of gender in the United States, and the ways in which individual writers have articulated this theme. Assigned reading of American literature will stimulate writing and facilitate an awareness of the interplay among purpose, audience, content, structure and style. Students plan, draft and revise essays that represent a sophisticated application of expository skills and critical analysis. This course also refines skills in researching a topic, documenting sources, working collaboratively, and preparing and giving oral presentations. The course may substitute for ENGL 220 or meet elective requirements in the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science Degree programs and transfer requirements in composition or literature.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher. Not open to students who have credit for ENGL 250, ENGL 251, or ENGL 253
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 253 Regional American Writing (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
ENGL 253 is an intermediate writing course that extends and refines skills in expository and argumentative writing, critical reading and critical thinking. Students analyze, discuss and write about major topics pertaining to the theme of regionalism in the United States, and the ways in which individual writers have articulated this theme. Assigned reading of U.S. literature will address such issues as race, culture, diversity, class, gender and sexual orientation to stimulate writing and facilitate an awareness of the interplay among purpose, audience, content, structure and style. Students plan, draft and revise essays that represent a sophisticated application of expository skills and critical analysis. This course also refines skills in researching a topic, documenting sources, working collaboratively, and preparing and giving oral presentations. The course may substitute for ENGL 220 or meet elective requirements in the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science Degree programs and transfer requirements in composition or literature.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 111 with a grade of “C” or higher. Not open to students who have credit for ENGL 250, 251, or 252
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 259 Survey of United States Literature to 1865 (A, SP)

5 credits
This course examines the works of major writers in U.S. literature from the pre-colonial period to 1865. Genres include essays, short fiction, drama, poetry and the novel. Course activities include reading, class discussion and writing assignments.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 260 Survey of Modern U.S. Literature (SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course examines the works of major writers in U.S. literature from 1865 to the present with attention to revision of the canon. Genres include essays, short fiction, drama, poetry and the novel. Course activities include reading, class discussion and writing assignments.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 261 Survey of British Literature I (A, W)

5 credits
261 is a survey of canonical British literary works written before 1789. The course activities will include readings and class discussions.
Prerequisites: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 262 Survey of British Literature II (SP,–DL)

5 credits
Students will study selected master works of 19th and 20th century British literature. The course activities will include readings, class discussion and writing assignments.
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 264 Introduction to Shakespeare (W, SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course will examine representative works of Shakespeare, concentrating on a critical/analytical approach to both the plays and Elizabethan dramaturgy. Emphasis will be placed upon Renaissance/Elizabethan dramaturgy and conventions, upon language and style, upon the elements of history plays, comedies, romances, tragedies, and upon analyses of fundamental human experience.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 265 European Literature in Translation (On Demand)

5 credits
The course will examine the works of representative European writers and cultures to develop an appreciation of the international nature of literary subjects, themes and movements. Emphasis will be placed upon understanding the historical, philosophical and social contexts of the various cultures within which European Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Existentialism and modern movements developed.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 270 African–American Writers (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course is a survey of Black American literature from 18th century beginnings to the present; it includes a study of slave narratives, folklore, drama, poetry and short fiction. Activities include reading and writing assignments, oral presentations, special performances, guest speakers and field trips.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 272 Introduction to Folklore (SU)

5 credits
This course looks at 1) oral folklore, e.g., proverbs, riddles, myths, motifs, legends, folktales; 2) customary folklore, e.g., superstitions, folk customs, folk festivals; and 3) material and folk traditions, e.g., folk foods, architecture, costumes. Course activities include field work, reading and writing assignments and a special project.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 274 Introduction to Non-Western Literatures (A, SP)

5 credits
This course introduces students to selected classic and modern literature of the non-Western world, including Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Through several literary approaches, students will gain an understanding of the authors, the periods, and the cultures they represent and the various ways they have handled literary themes.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 276 Women in Literature (SP)

5 credits
This course will explore the history and literature by and about women. The course uses a comparative approach to see how women have treated a variety of themes and how they have worked within the genres of fiction, poetry and drama. Discussions will consider the literature from the perspectives of gender, history, politics and culture. Writing assignments will include response journals, documented critical papers and essay examinations.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 278 The English Bible as Literature (A, W, SP)

5 credits
This course offers a literary approach to the Bible in English. Students read, in a modern English translation, much of the Old Testament and the New Testament, as well as parts of the Apocrypha. This is not a course in religion. The approach is literary, historical and cultural. The Bible is read as an anthology of writings composed, compiled, translated and edited over several centuries, by many individuals, and as a book that has had an enormous effect on our culture, art and civilization.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 250 or equivalent
Lab fee: $1.00

ENGL 280 Publishing Practicum (SP)

2 credits
Students who have satisfactorily completed ENGL 215, or who have comparable training and experience from another context, learn magazine production techniques using Spring Street or another college publication as a production laboratory. This practicum may be repeated once and normally taken immediately after completing ENGL 215.
Lecture: 0 hours – Lab: 4 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or instructor’s permission
Lab fee: $3.00

ENGL 281 Writing Fiction (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course introduces students to the art and craft of writing fiction. Emphasis is on the student’s own work; however, students will also be required to study the works and writing processes of established writers, male and female, traditional and nontraditional, ancient and modern, and from diverse cultures. Students will keep a writer’s journal, respond critically to the works of other students, create and revise a final long work (or combination of shorter works) of at least 4,000 words by the end of the quarter. In addition, students will be required to participate in a public reading of their work at least once during the quarter. Course is repeatable to 10 credits.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 210 with a grade of “B” or better or permission of the instructor
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 282 Writing Poetry (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course introduces students to the art and craft of writing poetry. Emphasis is on the students’ own work; however, students will also be required to study the works, writing processes, critical commentary on, and oral delivery of established poets, male and female, traditional and nontraditional, ancient and modern, and from diverse cultures. Students will keep a writer’s journal, respond critically to the works of other students, and create and revise a chapbook of 8-10 finished poems (12-20) pages by the end of the quarter. Students will present selected poems from the chapbook at a public reading. Course is repeatable to 10 credits.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 210 with a grade of “B” or better or permission of the instructor
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 283 Writing Plays (SP)

5 credits
This course introduces students to the art and craft of writing plays. Emphasis is on the student’s own work; however, students will also be required to study the works and writing processes of established playwrights, male and female, traditional and nontraditional, ancient and modern, and from diverse cultures. Students will keep a writer’s journal, respond critically to the works of other students, create and revise a short play (or an act or acts of a longer work). By the end of the quarter, students will present a public reading or performance of their work. Course is repeatable to 10 credits.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, ENGL 111 (or equivalent), and permission of instructor
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 284 Writing Creative Nonfiction (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

5 credits
This course introduces students to the art and craft of writing creative nonfiction (feature writing, travel writing, memoirs, personal profiles, biographies, public relations, etc.). Emphasis is on the student’s own work; however, students will also be required to study the works, writing processes, critical commentary on, and oral delivery of established nonfiction writers, male and female, traditional and nontraditional, ancient and modern, and from diverse cultures. Students will keep a writer’s journal, respond critically to the works of other students, create and revise a complete longer work (or a combination of shorter pieces) of at least 3,000-4,000 words by the end of the quarter. Students will present a public reading of their work during the quarter. Course is repeatable to 10 credits.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 5 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 210 with a grade of “B” or better or permission of instructor
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 285 Writing to Publish (W, S,–DL)

5 credits
This course introduces students to procedures for preparing a manuscript for marketing and publication. Students select a work or works for publication from a genre (fiction, poetry, drama, literary nonfiction), submit manuscripts for peer review at least three times during the quarter, and revise and edit their work throughout the quarter. Students research a market for their work, write the appropriate query or cover letter, and prepare the manuscript for submission. Since length requirements for manuscripts vary according to genre and target market, the instructor will determine the length requirement for successful completion of the course. The final exam for the course is a completed and corrected manuscript package ready for mailing. Students also will have the opportunity to give a public performance of their work. Course is repeatable to 15 credits.
Lecture: 5 hours – Lab: 0 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 281, ENGL 282, ENGL 283, or ENGL 284 with a “B” or better or permission of the instructor
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 290 Capstone Experience in English (On Demand)

3 credits
ENGL 290 is a capstone course focusing on English. Paradigms and their underlying assumptions will be explored. Students will work on developing research techniques and methodologies. Students will apply these techniques to a project of their own design, complete a personal portfolio covering their studies at Columbus State and participate in a summative testing of their academic skills. Open only to Associate of Arts or Associate of Science students preparing to graduate within two academic quarters.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 2 hours
Prerequisite: 75 hours completed toward the degree, including 10 credits in ENGL courses beyond ENGL 220 (or equivalent)
Lab fee: $5.00

ENGL 297/298/299 Special Topics in English (On Demand)

1-5 credits
These courses offer special topics in English language or literature designed to meet specific needs.
Lecture: Hours vary– Lab: Hours vary
Prerequisite: Varies