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399 Field Experience - Internship III
This course is an internship for one semester in an off-campus location that provides students with real-life experience in applying their liberal studies major. Students meet with their faculty advisor to discuss internship experiences. The number of credits will be determined according to the number of hours the student spends in the internship. Forty hours of successful onsite work equals one academic credit. Two goals for each internship are developed in conjunction with the student and an additional two required goals are developed by the professor. The goals reflect an increasing level of difficulty through the 199/299/399 sequence. Prerequisite: EDU 101 and 299. (1-3 credits)
450 Field Experience - Student Teaching
Students are placed for a one-semester student teaching internship within a Christian school that provides them the opportunity to practice what they have been taught in the Teacher Education Program. During this internship the student will be working closely with a Christian K-12 teacher in all facets of teaching; in addition the student will meet regularly with and be evaluated by an Education professor. Prerequisite: Senior standing as an education student. (12 credits)
English (ENG)
101 Composition I: Writing and Research
In this course, students learn to write college-level narrative, descriptive, analytical and persuasive essays. We will also discuss prose structure and style in light of selected readings. Prerequisite: ACT-English score of 18 or higher, or and SAT-Verbal score of 460; alternately three or more years of college preparatory English with grades of a C+ or above. (3 credits).
102 Composition II: Research, Rhetoric, and Information Literacy
An introduction to practical reasoning and the principles of rhetoric that examines major terms, issues, and approaches in the theory and practice of rhetoric and persuasive writing, from the classical oration of Greek and Roman rhetoricians to modern arguments, covering research and the strategic use of digital and print sources. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or equivalent. (3 credits)
201 Introductory Studies in Literature
This course samples literary works from different historical periods with an emphasis on the fundamental elements of literature and methods of reading. Discussion topics include the genres of literature and their conventions, the tools authors use to create meaning and effect, the ways readers can interpret and respond to texts, and the role of imaginative literature in shaping culture. (3 credits)
211 American Literature to 1865
This course provides a survey of significant works in American literature from Native American writing, colonial writing and pamphleteering, as well as works by Brown, Irving, Cooper, Emerson, Fuller, Poe, Hawthorne and Melville. Attention is paid to defining
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