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CSEN 100 Composition and Reading (3)
An introduction to basic composition, preparing students for the requirements of higher level courses, including English 101, that demand sound reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Students will learn how to discover ideas, narrow and shape a topic for a particular purpose and audience, organize supporting points and develop them with relevant details, and revise for overall effectiveness, appropriate diction, and sound sentence structure and grammar. This study of the compositional process includes discussions of readings to supplement writing assignments and a library project to introduce students to basic research skills. Note: Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis only.
CSEN 125 Writing (4)
Completely online and for part-time UC students only, this course provides an introduction to academic writing and critical reading. The class focuses on developing students' organization and presentation of both personal opinion and individual research. Class discussion and students' skills will be addressed according to contemporary issues, situations, and needs across the curriculum. This self-paced class includes two online lessons per week, chat room sessions, an online bulletin board, a LISTSERV, a multi-media, self-grading grammar book, and more. Everything is designed to hone students' organization, presentation, and general writing skills in the contemporary world, and in a variety of disciplines. Only the minimal computer skills of sending email and pointing and clicking with a mouse are required. An email account and online computers are provided. Tutorials on using the computer, the Internet, and the Tulane library are provided online.
CSEN 331 Business Report Writing (3)
Instructors: Clara
Houston and Roger
Gorman
An overview of business writing, with special attention to resumes, letters of application, the long report, documentation for reports, the writing of manuals and business proposals, and executive summaries. Emphasis is given to the form and the content of business writing.
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CSEN 332 Science Fiction Literature (3)
This course explores the traditional elements of classic fiction within the specific genre of science-fiction, or fiction which extrapolates the parameters
of an alterative reality based on existing scientific principles and knowledge. The reading covers both sci-fi standards and new works in literature and drama,
exploring the allegory and social commentary intrinsic to the genre.
CSEN 345 Louisiana and Caribbean Literature (3)
This class will examine the literature of the Caribbean in poetry, essay and fiction. We will attempt to find a way to speak of a Caribbean culture that
comprises the influences of Spain, of France, the United States, the Netherlands-all of it resting on a foundation of West Africa and indigenous tribes now lost,
but for the names the region now bears-the Aruac, the Carib. We will pay special attention to the ways in which the "Caribbean" may extend to include
to Gulf of Mexico and even more distant lands, and we will pay special attention to the city of New Orleans and its relation to the Caribbean.
We will examine not only what the Caribbean is, but what it does. Readings include Alejo Carpentier, Lafcadio Hearn, Zora Neale Hurston, Derek Walcott, Jamaica Kincaid and George Washington Cable, among others.
ENGL 101 Writing (4)
An introduction to the writing of academic arguments, including analytical reading and research techniques. Focus on the goals and skills appropriate to writing in a variety of disciplines in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
ENLS 201 Introduction to British Literature I (3)
An introduction to the history of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods through the 18th century. Emphasis on the development of genres, literary conventions, and the relations between historical conditions and literary production.
ENLS 203 Introduction to American Literature (4)
An introduction to the history of American literature from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on the development of genres, literary conventions, and the relations between historical conditions and literary production.
ENLS 263 Expository Writing (4)
A course in methods of written analysis.
ENLS 301 Special Topics (3)
Specific topics announced each semester, such as science fiction, literature and war, etc.
ENLS 312 Introduction to the Short Story (3)
A study of the short story as a genre. Some attention to theories of the short story and to the elements that distinguish it from other forms of narrative prose.
ENLS 361 Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
A craft class in the writing of short fiction and poetry. Exercises to develop each student's personal voice. Group criticism of student work.
ENLS 365 Persuasive Writing (3)
Emphasis on principles of reasoning and strategies of written argument. This course satisfies the Louisiana State Department of Education’s requirement of advanced composition for certification in English.
ENLS 367 Technical Writing (3)
Communicating technical information in abstracts, executive summaries, technical memoranda, process descriptions, amplified technical definitions, progress reports, feasibility studies and proposals. Major emphasis given to research reports and editing procedures.
ENLS 373 Introduction to African-American Literature (3)
The historical development of literary traditions of African-American writing from slave narratives through contemporary authors. Emphasis on a variety of oral and written genres. |
