ENGL 0465 Introduction to Writing for the
Trades (1L,1CR):
This course is designed
to improve student’s writing performance in
the genres of workplace English, as a part
of improving their workplace communication
skills. It focuses on improved writing skills
for real work situations. Prerequisite: high
school level reading ability. Placement
based on COMPASS test scores and
primary instructor recommendations.
ENGL 0500 Reading for Success (2-6 LB,1-
3CR):
Individualized, self-paced instruction
in developing reading comprehension.
Levels vary from seventh grade up through
college. S, X or U grade only. Prerequisite:
at least seventh grade reading ability.
ENGL 0510 Fundamentals of Reading I
(3L,3CR):
This course will focus on reading
as a process and building literacy skills.
Specific comprehension development
will emphasize vocabulary development,
locating main ideas, identifying specific
details, identifying relationships,
summarizing, paraphrasing, and responding
to readings. Students will learn to read for
different purposes through the use of fiction
and non-fiction sources. S/U or letter grade.
Prerequisite: High school reading level.
ENGL 0520 Fundamentals of Reading
II (3L,3CR):
This course will focus on
reading as a process, and skills specifically
emphasized include vocabulary, identifying
main ideas, finding and categorizing
details, and seeing relationships. It
will also focus on reading for different
purposes including textbooks and literary
texts. S/U or letter grade. Prerequisite:
Acceptable performance on Reading
Placement test or satisfactory completion
of ENGL 0510.
ENGL 0550 Reading Efficiency (2LB,1CR):
Individualized, self-paced instruction in
increasing reading speed and improving
comprehension. S, X or U grade only.
Prerequisite: seventh grade reading ability.
ENGL 0600 Basic Writing I (3L,2LB,4CR):
A beginning course in the English
composition course sequence. Basic
Writing I seeks to strengthen the
student’s writing fluency through study of
selected elements of basic composition.
These include grammar, spelling, and
punctuation as well as sentence and
paragraph construction. The course
introduces students to different patterns
of organization and various types of
paragraphs through assigned readings
and multiple-draft writing assignments.
Students have the option of receiving S/U
or letter grades.
ENGL 0610 Basic Writing II (3L,3CR):
This
course provides a review of writing skills
requisite to success in ENGL 1010. This
class is designed to assist students in
strengthening their writing skills and the
ability to use outside readings related to
their writing. Writing will consist of thesis
driven essays geared toward various
patterns of development. Students are
given the option of receiving S/U grades.
Students receiving a "C" or better in any
1000 or 2000 level English course may not
subsequently earn credit in ENGL 0610.
Prerequisite: acceptable performance on
an English Placement Test or satisfactory
completion of ENGL 0600.
ENGL 0630 Grammar and Writing
Improvement (2-6 LB,1-3CR) (Max. 9):
Self-paced individualized instruction in
the fundamentals of grammar, usage,
proofreading skills, and sentence and
paragraph construction. Designed to
prepare students for other writing courses
or writing tasks in the workplace. Students
needing an intensive review should enroll
for three credits. Open entry until midterm.
S, X or U grade only. Prerequisite: high
school level reading ability.
ENGL 0650 Preparing and Writing
the Research Paper (2LB,1CR):
Individualized, self-paced course in
developing library research skills,
presenting research in written form, and
learning the MLA and APA manuscript
styles. Students will write two papers. S, X
or U grade only. Prerequisite: high school
level reading ability.
ENGL 0710 Vocabulary Building (2-4 LB,
1-2CR) (Max. 4):
Individualized, self-paced
instruction in structural and contextual
analysis of words. Levels extend from
ninth grade through college graduate. S, X
or U grade only. Prerequisite: ninth grade
reading ability.
ENGL 0750 Effective Listening (2LB,1CR):
Individualized, self-paced instruction in
effective listening techniques needed for
college lectures and public speeches.
Open entry until midterm. S, X, or U grade
only. Prerequisite: a high school level
reading ability.
ENGL 0810 Spelling Improvement (2-4LB,
1-2CR) (Max. 4):
Self-paced, individualized
instruction and practice in phonics rules
and memory techniques needed to spell
the most common English words correctly.
Students may also study the most
common business and medical words. S,
X or U grade only. Prerequisite: at least
seventh grade reading ability.
ENGL 0895 Study Skills (2-6 LB,1-3CR)
(Max. 9):
Individualized, self-paced
instruction in time management, goal
setting, textbook reading strategies, notetaking
strategies, memory techniques,
library use, and strategies for preparing
for taking tests. S, X or U grade only.
Prerequisite: high school level reading
ability.
ENGL 1010 English I: Composition (3L,3CR)
[E][WA]:
A study of the fundamentals of
purposeful communication in English. The
course focuses on reading and writing
expository essays, on using effective
language for exposition of ideas, and on
thinking clearly. Students are to practice
synthesizing information, organizing it
coherently, and writing clearly. Prerequisite:
COMPASS writing and reading scores of
75 or higher or ACT English score of 20 or
higher or SAT verbal score of 450 or higher
or successful completion (grade of C or
higher) of ENGL 0610 and ENGL 0520 or
equivalent compass test scores of 75 or
higher for each.
ENGL 1020 English II: Composition (3L,3CR)
[WB]:
An extension of ENGL 1010. Further
refines the student’s abilities to gather
and synthesize material from independent
reading. Students study language both
to appreciate its precise control and to
interpret the experience of others. A
research paper is required. Prerequisite: a
grade of "C" or higher in ENGL 1010.
ENGL 1490 Topics: (Subtitle) (1-3L,1-3CR)
(Max. 6):
Offered in answer to specific need
or public interest. A student may repeat this
course twice under different subtitles to a
maximum of six credit hours.
ENGL 1500 Beginning Grant Writing:
(Subtitle) (3L,3CR):
A workshop designed
for beginning grant writers who are
typically the staff of nonprofit organizations,
government organizations, educators and/
or community citizens whose job and/
or interests require them to raise funds
through grants. This course covers prospect
research, proposal development and
budgeting for proposals submitted to private
foundations.
ENGL 2006 Environmental Literature
(3L,3CR):
Environmental literature is a
survey course that will explore the major
environmental texts and some of the
writers of our time. Students interested in
nature writing, literature and environmental
politics will appreciate this course. Essay
writing and group work will be required to
complete this study Prerequisite: ENGL
1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2010 Technical Writing I (3L,3CR)
[WB]:
Students develop technical reports
like those generally used in business
and industry. Professional publications,
letters, graphs, abstracts, and technical
documentation are also covered.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2011 Literature for Young Adults
(3L,3CR):
This course will be a study
of the origin, development, and cultural
underpinnings of the filed of Young Adult
fiction, and an overview of many of the
subgenres of the field. Prerequisite: ENGL
1010.
ENGL 2025 J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis:
The Men, Their Careers, Their Writings
(3L,3CR):
This course will deal with the
biographies, the professional teaching and
scholarly careers, and variety of writings
of two of the 20th Century’s most prolific
and influential writers, Tolkien and Lewis.
Readings will include both authors’ literary
criticism as well as their more popular
works. Topics will include their years at
Oxford; their service in World War I; their
concern with other literatures, such as
Classics, Icelandic sagas, and medieval
romances; and their philosophies of story
and myth. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL
1020 recommended.
ENGL 2045 Conferencing with Writers
(3L,3CR):
This course covers methodology
of one-to-one and one-to-small group
writing tutoring. The course introduces
writing tutors to the education principles and
Writing Center goals underlying common
tutoring techniques. Topics addressed
are theories of learning, principles of
memory, learning styles, successful
tutoring techniques, online tutoring, and
writing across the curriculum. Writing tutors
will observe and participate in tutoring
sessions in the Casper College, UW/CC
Writing Center. This course is required
for, but not restricted to, Writing Center
Staff. Non-Writing Center staff must make
arrangements with the director to provide for
alternative tutoring situations. Prerequisite:
ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2046 Conferencing with Writers II
(3L,3CR):
This course is a continuation of
ENGL 2045 and covers theories underlying
one-to-one and small group responses to
writing. The course introduced writing tutors
to writing center and peer tutor theories that
inform uniformly accepted best practices.
Topics addressed are theoretical constructs
of collaboration, interpersonal dynamics,
responding to students and student texts,
and online tutoring. This course is required
for, but not restricted to, Writing Center
staff. Non-Writing Center staff must make
arrangements with the director to provide for
alternative tutoring situations. Prerequisite:
ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2050 Creative Writing: Intro to Fiction
(3L,3CR)[E]:
Analysis of the elements
of fiction and practice of writing fiction at
the introductory and intermediate level.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2055 Creative Writing: Writing in
the Wild (3L,3CR):
Student-centered,
week long field experience in Yellowstone
National Park focuses on reading and
writing imaginative verse and prose
inspired by nature. Class days are devoted
to collecting journal observations during
daily hikes, engaging in a variety of writing
exercises, and discussing readings and
each other’s writing. The course culminates
in the submission of a writing portfolio.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2060 Creative Writing: Introduction
to Nonfiction (3L,3CR):
As the enormous
popularity of national bestsellers
demonstrate, the creative nonfiction
genre has far-reaching appeal for the
millions of readers. In this course the
student will analyze the elements of
nonfiction and practice writing nonfiction
at the introductory and intermediate level,
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2080 Creative Writing: Introduction to
Poetry (3L,3CR)[E]:
Analysis of the forms
of poetry, and practice of writing poetry at
the introductory and intermediate level.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2130 Creative Impulse (Twentieth
Century Humanities) (3L,3CR)[E]:
Focuses on the visual arts, literature,
music, and philosophy of the twentieth
century. Attention is given to the influence
of history upon our culture and the
changes in thinking brought about by
scientific discovery. Prerequisite: ENGL
1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2140 World Literature I (3L,3CR):
Although primarily a study of the literature
of the Classical Period of Ancient
Greece and Rome, some attention will
be paid to the other arts, to religion, and
to philosophy. Literary values and the
qualities of the greatness of selected
works of Western Civilization, including
any ideas embodied in those works, will
be the focus. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010.ENGL 1020 recommended. (Cross-listed
as HUMN 2140.)
ENGL 2145 War Literature (3L,3CR):
War stories exist at the nexus of two
fundamental human drives: the drive to
create, and the drive to destroy. In an
effort to better understand these human
impulses, students in War Literature will
examine a range of texts that deal with
complex, multivalent experiences of war.
Texts will include letters, poems, stories,
songs, speeches, propaganda, and film.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2150 World Literature II (3L,3CR):
Although primarily a study of the literature
of the Middle Ages and beyond, attention
will be paid to the other arts, to religion,
and to philosophy. Literary values and the
qualities of the greatness of selected works
of Western Civilization, including any ideas
embodied in those works, will be our focus.
We may include works, including modern
works, late in the semester. Prerequisite:
ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
(Cross-listed as HUMN 2150.)
ENGL 2185 Classical Mythology (3L,3CR):
Focuses on Greek myth and legend.
Included as background are geography,
history, excerpts from literature, and
theories of interpretation. Prerequisite:
ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2210 English Literature I (3L,3CR)
[CH]:
A survey of British literature from
the Anglo-Saxons to the 18th century.
Emphasis is on reading, discussing, and
writing about important works in our literary
heritage. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL
1020 recommended.
ENGL 2220 English Literature II (3L,3CR):
A survey of British literature from the
early 19th century to the modern period.
Emphasis is on reading, discussing, and
writing about important works in our literary
heritage. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL
1020 recommended.
ENGL 2225 Playing with Shakespeare:
Literature in Performance (4L,4CR):
A fresh look at Shakespeare, aimed
at engaging students' interests and
increasing their appreciation and
enjoyment of his works. Will include study
of a variety of different performances. Will
examine and respond to the interpretations
of actors, directors, and literacy critics
in order to arrive at a more complete
understanding of Shakespeare's plays,
both as literature and performance.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010, or permission of
the instructor. ENGL 1020 recommended.
(Cross-listed as ENGL 2225.)
ENGL 2230 Introduction to Shakespeare
(3L,3CR):
Students are introduced to the
works of Shakespeare through careful
reading (and re-reading) of representative
major plays and/or sonnets in order to
become acquainted with Shakespeare’s
dramatic and poetical art. Both formal
lecture and discussion will cover each
reading. From time to time the class will
watch tapes of scenes from the plays in
order to understand how the plays might
be staged and actors interpret roles. In
addition to reading between eight and 12
plays and a dozen or so sonnets, students
will take mid-term and final objective
and essay examinations, report on the
interpretation by a major critic (Johnson,
Coleridge, Hazlitt, Bradley, Harrison,
and so on), and write one short and one
extended (possibly research) essay.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2235 Literature of the Supernatural
(3L,3CR)[E]:
A study of the development
and traditions of the supernatural in
American literature. Class readings will
consist mostly of prose fiction, although
there will be a few assigned readings
of nonfiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010.
ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2270 Modern Women Writers
(3L,3CR):
An introductory level course,
which will focus on women writers of the
late 19th century and of the 20th century.
Works by earlier writers demonstrate the
traditional roles of women in society as
well as questions about and challenges to
those roles, while works written since the
middle of the 20th century image women
in a changing society. These works are
the background to contemporary literature
which presents positive and powerful
images of women as recent writers
revision traditional roles and envision
new realities for women and for society.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2310 American Literature I (3L,3CR)
[CH]:
A survey of major American writers
and their significant contributions from the
Colonial Era to the Civil War. Prerequisite:
ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2320 American Literature II (3L,3CR):
A continuation of ENGL 2310: American
writers from the Civil War to the mid 20th
Century. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL
1020 recommended.
ENGL 2340 Native American Literature
(3L,3CR)[E]:
A broad cultural study of
Native American literature with attention to
folklore, oral tradition, and contemporary
writers. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL
1020 recommended.
ENGL 2350 African American Literature
(3L,3CR):
A chronological and thematic
survey of African American writers and
their works, from the earliest slave
narratives to contemporary writings. This
course will explore one specific sector
of the diversity of American literature.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2440 Literary Genres: Short Story
(3L,3CR)[E]:
A study of several short
stories with emphasis on the development
of the genre as a modern art form, from its
structural crystallization in the early 19th
century to the experimental techniques of
the latter 20th century. Prerequisite: ENGL
1010. ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2475 Independent Study (*,1-3CR)
(Max. 6):
*Individual appointments with
instructor. Books and periodicals studied
independently by student in consultation
with instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010.
ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2490 Topics: (Subtitle) (2-3L,2-3CR)
(Max. 6):
Offered in answer to specific
need or public interest. A student may
repeat this course twice under different
subtitles to a maximum of six credit hours.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020
recommended.
ENGL 2495 Workshop: (Subtitle) (.5-2CR)
(Max. 4):
Offered in response to needs
and interests of students and members
of the community. The topic varies but
focuses on reading, writing and analyzing
contemporary literature. Guest scholars
and writers give lectures, readings, and
workshops about different genres including
poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. A student
may repeat this course twice under
different subtitles to a maximum of four
credit hours. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010.
ENGL 1020 recommended.
ENGL 2500 Grant Writing II (3L,3CR):
A
workshop designed for students who have
some experience writing grants or who
have completed Beginning Grant Writing at
Casper College. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010.
ENGL 1020 recommended.
ESL 0100 English as a Second Language
Level I (1-3CR):
This individualized, selfpaced
course for students whose native
language is not English provides instruction
and practice in reading, grammar, writing,
listening, and speaking at a high-beginning
to low-intermediate level of English
proficiency. S, X, or U grade only.
ESL 0200 English as a Second Language
Level II (1-3CR):
This individualized, selfpaced
course for students whose native
language is not English provides instruction
and practice in reading, grammar,
writing, listening, and speaking at a lowintermediate
to intermediate level of English
proficiency. S, X, or U grade only.
ESL 0300 English as a Second Language
Level III (1-3CR):
This individualized, selfpaced
course for students whose native
language is not English provides instruction
and practice in reading, grammar, writing,
listening, and speaking at an intermediate
to high-intermediate level of English
proficiency. S, X, or U grade only.
ESL 1000 Conversational English for ESL
Students (1L,1CR):
Conversational
English for ESL is designed to accompany
coursework in ESL 1010 and ESL 1020. It
gives students the opportunity to interact
verbally, overcome the tendency to "translate directly" and to discuss texts
and current events. It includes listening as
well as speaking, and will include recorded
materials as well as assignments to live
lectures. It is accessible to ESL students at
a variety of levels who come to college from
varied cultures and linguistic backgrounds.
Preferred: TOEFL score of 350 or higher.
Experience with oral and written English.
ESL 1010 English as a Second Language I
(4L,4CR):
Intermediate level international
students and students with limited English
proficiency will earn four credits in reading,
listening, grammar, and writing. Students
will interact with one or two instructors, read
English texts, write and edit responses, and
participate in discussions of texts and/or
related issues. Students are encouraged to
enroll in ESL 1000, Conversational English
for ESL Students. Prerequisite: permission
of instructors. Preferred: TOEFL score of
350 or better; successful completion of
introductory ESL courses.
ESL 1020 English as a Second Language
II (4L,4CR):
High intermediate/low
advanced level international students and
students with limited English proficiency
will earn four credits in reading, grammar,
and writing. Students will interact with
one or two instructors, read English texts,
write and edit responses, and participate
in discussions of texts and/or related
issues. Students are encouraged to enroll
in ESL 1000. Prerequisite: permission of
instructors. Preferred: TOEFL score of
400 or better; successful completion of
introductory ESL courses.
LIBS 2280 Literature for Children (3L,3CR)
[E][CH]:
A survey course designed
for reading and discussion of works
of literature for children. Selection of
children’s books for school, home, and
library is stressed. In order to establish
criteria for evaluation, students are
expected to become acquainted with
a wide sampling of children’s literature
including classics, both old and new.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1020. |
