MATC 2025-26 Catalog

DEGREE/DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

as an advanced course to develop collaborative communication practices, information literacy skills, and ethically responsible professional communication strategies. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-151, ENG-195, ENGE 195, ENGCR-195, ENG-201, ENGE-201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-201 English 1 Introduces students to the basic principles of college-level composition, research, critical reading and critical thinking with an emphasis on academic writing conventions. In addition to examining the content and structure of academic essays, instruction in sentence structure and usage is provided as needed. Written work for this course consists of essays that are expository and analytical in nature. Major attention also is given to the preparation and writing of a research essay through writing assignments which emphasize finding, evaluating and incorporating appropriate secondary sources into students’ written work. Prerequisite(s): ((Accuplacer Reading score >= 77 or an ACT Reading score>=18) and (an Accuplacer Sentence score >=89 or an ACT English score >= 18)) or ENG-152, ENG-200 or ENG-700 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-202 Credits: 3 English 2 The intent is to give students training beyond ENG-201 in advanced composition, research and critical thinking by reading a selection of literary genres chosen by the instructor. Students will increase their understanding and appreciation of the genres by analyzing and writing about prose fiction, drama and poetry. Writing assignments and essays will consist of literary analysis, persuasion, and, when appropriate, the use of secondary sources. Major attention also is given to the preparation and writing of a research essay through writing assignments that emphasize finding, evaluating and incorporating appropriate secondary sources into students’ written work. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-151 or ENG-195 and ENG-152 or ENG-197 with a grade of C or higher, or ENG-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-207 Credits: 3 Intro to Creative Writing The course will introduce students to the theory and practice of creative writing. Students will develop their reading and writing skills by working in a variety of literary genres and by participating in small-group writing workshops. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-151 or ENG-195, ENGE-195, ENG 201 or ENGE-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-208 Credits: 3 Technical Communications This course introduces techniques and practices for writing, editing and developing technical communications. Students generate a number of documents, including but not limited to technical reports, proposals and instructions using a variety of formats, styles, strategies and visuals. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE-201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher. Credits: 3

ENG-209

Credits: 3

ENG-218

Credits: 3

Creative Writing: Fiction This course will continue the student’s development of fiction writing. Students will read professional examples of fiction and demonstrate techniques and practices of fiction writing. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-207 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-210 Credits: 3 Creative Writing: Poetry This course will continue the student’s development of poetry writing. Students will read professional examples of poetry and demonstrate techniques and practices of writing poetry. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-207 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-213 Credits: 3 American Literature to 1865 This course is an introduction to American writing from the age of exploration to the Civil War. Students will examine early literary sources and consider how literature reflects and influences the lives of those who have lived in what is now the United States. Approaches vary with instructor; materials studied are likely to include early Native American oral traditions and works by authors such as Adams, Bradstreet, Child, Dickinson, Douglass, Emerson, Franklin, Hawthorne, Jacobs, Melville, Murray, Poe, Rowlandson, Stowe, Thoreau, Wheatley and Whitman. Major attention is also given to the preparation and writing of the research paper. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE-201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-214 Credits: 3 American Literature Since 1865 This course is a survey of the American literary tradition from post-Civil War writers to the present. Students will read a range of major American authors in order to trace the development, influence and practice of American literature. Authors may include Alexie, Baldwin, Cather, Chopin, Ellison, Erdrich, Faulkner, Frost, Gilman, Hemingway, Tan, Updike and Walker. Major attention is also given to the preparation and writing of the research paper. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE 201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-215 Credits: 3 Contemporary Literature Students study diverse contemporary authors and their work, which includes poetry, short stories, the novel, drama, and nonfiction, both creative nonfiction and literary criticism. Historical, cultural, social and political contexts of contemporary literature are considered. The main objectives of the course are to introduce techniques and practices for interpreting, appreciating, discussing, writing and researching about contemporary literature and to help students improve existing skills for composing and revising written work. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE 201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher.

African American Literature 1 African American literature written during the period from 1760 to 1940 is studied, including slave narratives, poetry, short stories, speeches and essays. Students will consider the literature within a sociohistorical context, including such topics as the background of the African American Renaissance, the Talented Tenth, double consciousness, the rise of the Black Intelligentsia and the Harlem school. This course will prepare students for critical thinking and academic writing about literature. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE-201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-219 Credits: 3 African American Literature 2 This course covers literature written after the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Students will consider the literature within a sociohistorical context and will discuss such topics as the Wright school, protest writers, raceless novels, novels and plays of African American life, the Black arts movement, and existentialism in African American letters. This course will prepare students for critical thinking and academic writing about literature. Students do not need to have completed ENG-218 in order to enroll. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE-201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-220 Credits: 3 Native American Literature Students examine literary work by contemporary and traditional Native American writers and oral tradition storytellers. Wisconsin Indian history, culture, tribal sovereignty and treaty rights will be covered within the context of literary analysis and critique. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE-201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher. ENG-222 Images of Women in Literature The course provides examples of images of women in literature as a creative reflection of, description of, and reaction to their social, economic, familial, legal, and personal status both in the past and in the present. Students in the course will read and analyze literature to better understand the reasons and motivations for the portrayal of women in literary works that reflect cultural and historical values. Through literary analysis students will strengthen their understanding of how women’s roles, and the perception of these roles, have or have not changed. Students in the course will demonstrate appreciation for the literature and reflect on the perceptions of women in literature and society. Major attention is also given to the preparation and writing of the research paper. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENG-152, ENG-197, ENG-201, ENGE 201 or ENGCR-201 with a grade of C or higher.

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