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EMA 3310 - Risk Management
3 3 0
Introduction of the basic principles, stakeholders, research, and practical issues associated with risk, emergency, and incident management. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the key terms, disaster phases, current challenges, popular myths, and practical solutions.
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EMA 4307 - Municipal Government Cross-listed with .
3 3 0
Organization, legal aspects, functions and administration of the American municipality; relationship of the city to other units of government; current problems of city governments. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4331 - Administrative Law Cross-listed with .
3 3 0
Purposes and nature of legal controls over governmental administration; rights, duties and liabilities of administrative officials legal remedies for administrative acts; administrative jurisdiction; conclusiveness of administrative acts. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4340 - Applied Economics for Emergency Managers
3 3 0
Survey of macroeconomic and microeconomic principles and their application to responsibilities and duties of emergency managers. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4348 - Ethics and the Justice and EMA Systems Cross-listed with CRIJ 4348 and POSC 4348 .
3 3 0
Introduction to concepts of ethics and examination of contemporary ethical issues in criminal justice and emergency management. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4350 - Emergency Management Directed Research
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor or EMA program academic adviser. This capstone course brings learning experiences in the program together to address real-life issues and problems through a major research project. Students select from predefined topical issues, submit a plan for completing the project and present the final project to a directed study committee. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4351 - Public Sector and Nonprofit Marketing Cross-listed with POSC 4351 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): and . Application of basic marketing principles for public sector and nonprofit managers. Focus on grant writing and grant management. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4353 - Public Administration Cross-listed with POSC 4353 and CRIJ 4353 .
3 3 0
Development and role of administration in the governmental process; principles and problems of administrative organization and coordination; financial and personnel management; problems of administrative control and responsibility. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4354 - Public Personnel Administration Cross-listed with POSC 4354 and CRIJ 4354 .
3 3 0
Development and role of public service; basic principles, practices and problems in public personnel administration. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4355 - Public Financial Administration Cross-listed with POSC 4355 and CRIJ 4355 .
3 3 0
Budgeting problems and internal fiscal practices in American government. Problems of administrative organizations in fiscal activities. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4356 - Principles of Emergency Management Cross-listed with CRIJ 4356 and POSC 4356 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): , . Devastation caused by hurricanes, floods and wildfires highlights the need for highly trained professionals who can develop effective strategies in response to these disasters. Principles of emergency management will cover social and environmental processes that generate hazards. Will include vulnerability analysis, hazard mitigation, emergency response and disaster recovery. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4359 - Organizational Theory in the Public Sector Cross-listed with POSC 4359 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): , . Interaction of individuals and groups in government organizations. Topics include individual behavior in organizations, group dynamics, communication in the working environment and concepts of motivations. EMA majors only.
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EMA 4360 - GIS Technology for Public and Emergency Management Cross-listed with POSC 4360 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Covers technologies that are applied during each of the phases of public administration and emergency management. Typical technologies include: information management, message handling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Global Positioning System. EMA majors only.
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Engineering |
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ENGR 1171 - Engineering Ethics
1 1 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1301 . Professional ethics, continuing education and licensure, social and environmental responsibilities of engineers. Role of communication, considerations of risk, safety, and liability in engineering design and practice.
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 ENGR 1301 - Fundamentals of Engineering (HAZ)
3 1 2
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1314 . Comprehensive study of fundamental engineering concepts, principles. Systematic approach to problem solving.
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ENGR 1304 - Engineering Graphics
3 2 2
Fundamentals of engineering graphics using computer aided drafting and design. Course fee $15.
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ENGR 1375 - Principles of DC and AC Circuits (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1314 . Principles of DC and AC circuits. Test and measurement of electric circuits and components.
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ENGR 2101 - Engineering in Developing Communities
1 1 0
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent. Application of engineering knowledge and practice to help those in need around the world. May be repeated for a maximum of three credit hours.
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ENGR 2301 - Engineering Statics
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1301 , MATH 2413 Bodies in equilibrium, including Newtonian mechanics, gravitational forces, reference systems.
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ENGR 2302 - Engineering Dynamics
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 2301 , MATH 2414 . Theory and principles of rigid body kinematics, including forces, acceleration, work and energy, and impulse and momentum, in rectilinear and curvilinear systems.
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ENGR 2312 - Fundamentals of Engineering Economy and Resource Management
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): or or or higher. Introduction to concepts of economic analysis applied to projects. Includes cost and design comparison, time value of money, comparison of alternatives, depreciation and tax implications, and uncertainty, replacement analysis and capital financing. Introduction to resource management including organization, lines of responsibility, Gantt Charts, milestones, and critical path methods.
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ENGR 2332 - Mechanics of Materials I
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 2301 and MATH 2414 . Applications of conservation principles and stress, strain (2- D/deformation relationships for continuous media to structural members; axially loaded members; thin-walled pressure vessels; torsional and flexural members; shear; moment; deflection of members; combined loadings; Mohr’s Circle (2-0); stability of columns; nonsymmetrical bending; shear center; indeterminate members. Students will be taught to use custom-made software to solve beam bending and deflection problems.
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ENGR 2372 - Special Topics in Engineering
3 3 0
Current topics or topics of special interest in engineering. May be repeated when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGR 3202 - Fundamentals of Engineering Econ
2 2 0
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1314 or MATH 1316 or MATH 1324 or MATH 2412 or MATH 2413 . Introduction to concepts of economic analysis applied to engineering problems. Topics include cost and design comparison, time value of money, comparison of alternatives, depreciation and tax implications, economic evaluation of projects, risk and uncertainty, replacement analysis and capital financing.
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ENGR 3305 - Modern Engineering Tools
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1304 , ENGR 2301 . Current software applications used in engineering professions. Tools will cover structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and solid modeling. Software may vary with current industrial technology.
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ENGR 4301 - Solar Engineering
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3303 or ET 3303 or ET 4350 . Design and analysis of solar technologies as applied to engineering systems.
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ENGR 4302 - Wind Turbine Engineering
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1301 and ENGR 1375 , MATH 2413 . Wind turbine engineering design; aerodynamic and performance modeling, structural dynamics, system engineering.
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ENGR 4311 - Green Building Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1301 , ENGR 1375 , MATH 2413 . Application of energy balance, fluid flow concepts and materials behavior to the design of green buildings. Emphasis on energy efficiency, natural ventilation, water efficiency and materials efficiency.
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Engineering Technology |
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ET 2371 - Materials and Fabrication/Metals and Ceramics (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): . Properties and fabrication of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and ceramics used in manufacturing.
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ET 2372 - Materials and Fabrication/Plastics and Composites (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): . Properties and fabrication of plastics and composites used in manufacturing.
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ET 2375 - Electronic Devices and Circuits (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1375 . Theory, operation and characteristics of semiconductor devices and circuits, including diodes, bipolar transistors, field effect transistors and commonly used integrated circuits.
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ET 3301 - Fundamentals of Manufacturing Technology
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ET 2371 . Overview of current technologies used in manufacturing automation systems and production planning and control; FMS, robotics, CNC, CAD/CAM/CIM, PCs, machine vision, lasers, JIT, bar coding, voice activation of computers. Content includes the impact of these technologies on first-line employee supervision with emphasis on personality development and interaction for increased productivity.
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ET 3302 - Wind Energy and Wind Turbines Cross-listed with PHYS 3302 .
3 3 0
Introduction to wind characteristics, wind turbine types, design of wind turbines, experimental results and economics.
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ET 3303 - Solar Energy: Residence and Rural Systems Cross-listed with PHYS 3303 .
3 3 0
Alternative energy (solar, wind, biomass) for residence and rural application.
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ET 3315 - Digital Electronics (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ET 2375 . Modern integrated circuit logic families. Implementation of digital circuits using integrated circuit devices. Course fee $31.
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ET 3330 - Fluid Power/Power Transmission (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1301 . Fluid mechanics and mechanical transmission applications.
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ET 3350 - Fundamentals of Flight
3 3 0
Aircraft systems and instruments, meteorology, communications and navigation. Completion of this course prepares a person to take the FAA written exam for a private pilot license.
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ET 3360 - Plant Design and Layout
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1304 . Locating, designing and laying out manufacturing facilities.
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ET 4301 - Machining Fundamentals (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ET 2371 . Foundry and machining applications as they apply to the manufacturing of metal products.
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ET 4311 - Industrial Design and Ergonomics
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1304 . Applying design and ergonomic principles in the production, marketing and operation of industrial equipment and consumer products.
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ET 4314 - Industrial Quality Assurance
3 3 0
Quality control management function involving detection and elimination of conditions that cause poor quality and analysis and refinements of systems.
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ET 4325 - Computer-Aided Drafting and Design
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1304 or consent of instructor. Use of industrial CAD programs as a tool in the design process; includes 3-D modeling.
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ET 4330 - Numerical Control and Computer-Aided Manufacturing
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ET 3301 . Includes basic concepts in computer-aided manufacturing with emphasis on a system approach to manufacturing activities; use of numerical control machine tools and other computer-based software as applied to different industries, including robotics.
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ET 4340 - Principles of Industrial Distribution
3 3 0
Principles, organization, strategies and methods of industrial distribution. Emphasis on specific marketing techniques of industrial products and required engineering principles.
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ET 4350 - Renewable Energy
3 3 0
Survey of renewable energy systems; solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy, micro and mini hydro, and ocean plus institutional and economic aspects.
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ET 4351 - Bioenergy
3 3 0
General course for information: teachers, general knowledge for policy makers, those interested in new field of renewable energy and general knowledge that will enable the student to train users of bioenergy.
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ET 4352 - Geothermal Energy
3 3 0
Introductory course on the field of geothermal energy, which includes general knowledge for policy makers, those interested in geothermal energy and a general knowledge that will enable students to train users of geothermal energy.
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ET 4370 - Industrial Safety and Accident Prevention
3 3 0
Fundamentals, accidents and their application to industrial supervision and management. Causes of accidents, prevention of industrial accidents, qualifications and duties of safety consultants. Recognition and elimination of health hazards, machinery, guards, in-plant traffic, materials handling, emergency treatment and preparation of safety reports.
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ET 4380 - Design Implementation
3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): senior standing. A special interest project will be selected and developed through the necessary design/research steps to completion. An oral presentation before a faculty committee will be required to finalize the course.
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ET 4395 - Research and Problems
3 0 0
Selected individual research or problem in engineering technology. Completion of a more extensive research or problem than encountered in normal class work. May be repeated when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ET 4398 - Industrial Internship
3 0 0
Supervised industrial work experience related to student’s educational objectives. May be repeated when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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English (Offered through the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages.) |
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ENGL 0010 - College Reading Review
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Prerequisite(s): TSI Reading score of 335-350. May require co-enrollment in credit-bearing course. A non-course based option for review of reading and higher order thinking skills necessary for college readiness. Graded Pass/Fail. $50.
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ENGL 0020 - College Writing Review
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Prerequisite(s): TSI Writing Essay score of 4 and a score of 345-362 on the writing multiple choice section. May require co-enrollment in credit-bearing course. A non-course competency-based option for review of writing skills necessary for college readiness. Graded Pass/Fail. $50.
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ENGL 0030 - ESOL College Review
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Prerequisite(s): TSI Reading Score of 335-350. May require co-enrollment in credit-bearing course. A non-course competency-based option for review of college-level reading for non-native speakers of English. Graded Pass/Fail. $50.
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ENGL 0040 - ESOL College Writing Review
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Prerequisite(s): TSI Writing Essay score of 4 and a score of 345-362 on the writing multiple choice section. May require co-enrollment in credit-bearing course. A non-course competency-based option for review of college-level writing for non-native speakers of English. Graded Pass/Fail. $50.
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ENGL 0302 - Introduction to Critical Reading and Writing
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Introduction to critical reading and writing as interdependent practices. Prepares students for academic writing by reading closely, analyzing texts and developing and revising a range of compositions. Fulfills TSI requirements for reading and/or writing. May not fulfill baccalaureate degree requirements. Course fee $10; ESLI course fee $100.
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ENGL 1101 - Introduction to Literature and Language
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Intensive introduction to some specific aspect of either literature and/or language studies. Focus will vary by offering. Possible topics range from canonical literary masterpieces to aspects of contemporary culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary with no maximum credit hours. Cannot count for English BA requirement.
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ENGL 1301 - Introduction to Academic Writing and Argumentation
3 3 0
Introduction to academic writing, rhetoric, rhetorical grammar, critical reading, plagiarism, academic integrity and the writing process.
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ENGL 1302 - Academic Writing and Research
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 . Course builds on topics introduced in WTAMU’s ENGL 1301 -fundamentals of rhetoric, rhetorical grammar, plagiarism and academic integrity-and explores claim types, the research process and documentation.
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ENGL 2311 - Introduction to Professional and Technical Communication
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 . Introduction to rhetorical techniques associated with workplace correspondence. Students prepare materials in the general areas of correspondence, short reports, instructions and descriptions.
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ENGL 2321 - British Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Selected significant works of British literature arranged around a common theme. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 2326 - American Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Selected significant works of American literature arranged around a common theme(s), period or culture. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 2331 - World Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Selected significant works of world literature arranged around a common theme. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 2341 - Introduction to Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Reading and discussion of representative works from major genres with the aim of providing competence in critical reading and analysis, knowledge of formal characteristics and appreciation of literary texts. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 2343 - Literature and Ideas
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Interdisciplinary course designed to show how literature and other fields of knowledge interact. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 2372 - Style and Information Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302 or ENGL 1301 and ENGL 2311 or equivalent; demonstrated computer competency. Introduction to style and design of technical, professional and scientific documents. Course will address questions of audience, the writing process, sentence-level issues, collaboration and style guides used throughout the disciplines.
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ENGL 3094 - Individual Study
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Individual study designed to meet needs and interests of the student. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 3301 - Creative Writing: Fiction
3 3 0
Workshop in the art of writing fiction; topic may vary. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 3302 - Creative Writing: Nonfiction
3 3 0
Workshop in the art of writing nonfiction. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 3304 - Advanced Professional Documentation
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 . Explores in detail the documents produced by technical writers on a regular basis, including standard operating procedures, proposals, requests for work, requirements documents, security plans, contingency plans, memoranda of understanding, etc. Major assignments include a recommendation report, a proposal and a disaster recover plan.
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ENGL 3305 - Technical Style and Editing
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 . Investigation of the varieties, charcteristics, and function of prose style in technical and professional materials such as manuals, annual reports, and technical articles and reports. Students will gain experience clarifying, reducing, expanding and synthesizing technical materials. Consideration will be given to audience adaptation, invention, organization and mechanics explored.
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ENGL 3306 - Creative Writing: Poetry
3 3 0
Workshop in the art of writing poetry. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 3307 - Visual Language and Document Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Provides an advanced look at the theory and practice of document design, visual rhetoric and document design. Major assignments will include the production of designs for a number of document types such as fliers, proposals, announcements, resumes and business reports.
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ENGL 3310 - Semantics
3 3 0
Derivations and growth of language.
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ENGL 3311 - Introduction to Language Structure
3 3 0
Using advances made in linguistics, explores how English makes meaning through use of semantics, syntax, morphology and phonology. Emphasis on literary language as it affects children ages 6 to 18.
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ENGL 3312 - History of the English Language
3 3 0
Growth and development of the English language from Anglo-Saxon to modern English.
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ENGL 3341 - Studies in Drama
3 3 0
Related works examining major lines of development; topics will vary. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 3342 - Film Studies
3 3 0
Introduction to and development of the art of analyzing film. Analysis of the challenges and difficulties of turning literary works into film. Comparison of analyzing novels and films. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 3350 - The Bible as Literature
3 3 0
Literary nature of the Bible and of its influence on Western writing.
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ENGL 3351 - Survey of English Literature to 1700
3 3 0
Survey of English literature from its origin through the Restoration.
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ENGL 3352 - Survey of English Literature Since 1700
3 3 0
Survey of English literature from the Neoclassical period to the present.
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ENGL 3360 - Survey of American Literature to 1865
3 3 0
American literature from its beginnings through Whitman.
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ENGL 3361 - Survey of American Literature after 1865
3 3 0
American literature from the advent of realism to the present.
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ENGL 3380 - Introduction to Literary Analysis
3 3 0
Introduction to fundamentals of literary analysis, critical vocabulary and close reading of a wide range of literature across a variety of periods and genres.
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ENGL 3381 - Literature for Children and Young Adults
3 3 0
General survey of literature which is suitable for children and/or young adults, sources of children’s and young-adult literature, standards for selection and evaluation of children’s and young-adult literature.
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ENGL 3383 - Masterpieces of World Literature
3 3 0
Introduction to significant international literatures and their contexts. Topics may include postcolonial literatures, world literatures in translation, surveys of non-Anglo national literatures, world literatures as resistance.
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ENGL 3398 - Internship in English
3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): Twelve hours of English credit; approval of Department Head or Undergraduate Coordinator of English. Provides faculty-directed practical experience in a working environment outside of West Texas A&M University. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 4301 - Advanced Composition
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): and either or . Traditional and recent theories of composition with emphasis on practical and pedagogical techniques of improving expository writing. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 4304 - Hypertext and Writing for the World Wide Web
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 . Introduction to basic hypertext theory with an emphasis on how it differs from traditional text. Produce rhetorically effectively web text. Assignments include audience analysis,k website evaluation and production of original web text. No programming or web development experience needed.
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ENGL 4305 - Advanced Topics in Technical Communications
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 . Exploration of a number of advanced issues related to technical communication and scientific discourse, including topics such as management of the document development process, professional ethics and specialized document forms; the role that professional and technical communicators play in the workplace, and such issues as career development, professional societies and time-management resources. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 4310 - Advanced Grammar
3 3 0
Review of traditional grammar; introduction to modern grammar.
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ENGL 4311 - Language Acquisition
3 3 0
How users of English make meaning through language. Emphasizes phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax.
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ENGL 4321 - British Romanticism
3 3 0
Survey of Romantic Movement in Britain. Emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Shelley, Keats and Byron. May be repeated once when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 4322 - Victorian Poetry
3 3 0
Intellectual background and major poets of the Victorian age in Britain.
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ENGL 4323 - Modern Literature
3 3 0
A study of Modernism and/or contemporaneous movements that focus on British and American writings from 1900–1945.
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ENGL 4332 - 19th-Century Novel
3 3 0
Development of the English and/or American novel in the 19th century.
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ENGL 4350 - Medieval Literature
3 3 0
Early English literature through the 15th century with emphasis on the age of Chaucer.
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ENGL 4351 - Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
3 3 0
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. May include emphasis on The Canterbury Tales. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 4352 - Works of William Shakespeare
3 3 0
Works of William Shakespeare with an emphasis on drama. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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ENGL 4353 - Renaissance Literature
3 3 0
Literature written in England, 1500-1660. Topics may include drama exclusive of Shakespeare with an emphasis on dramatists such as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster and Middleton; prose writings of More, Sidney, Bacon, Donne and Bunyan; and/or poetry by Wyatt, Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, Herbert, Donne, Marvell and Milton. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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