ENG-200-01, Writing the American Dream

ENG-200-02, War in the Arts

MWF, 2:00 - 2:50 PM, HM110

Instructor:  Dr. Joe Pici

ENG 200-03, Cancer

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, ML COMM (Marianist Learning Center, Commons Area)

Instructor:  Elizabeth Martin

Description:  The focus of our reading and writing in this course is cancer.  The subject presents many questions as starting points, and reading and writing assignments in the course will move across disciplines to find at least partial answers. For example, current cancer research and cancer treatment raise questions concerning:

• the physical and spiritual journey of  cancer;
• how gender, ethnicity, or economic status affects access to treatment, or funding for research;
• the ethics of treatment, palliative care, and end of life care;
• images and metaphors of cancer;
• challenges presented to individuals, families, and communities,  in terms of financial, emotional, or psychological costs;
• the outcomes of hope and despair, perseverance and acquiescence,
• what is illuminated concerning the human condition in the stories of those who suffer, survive, or succumb to cancer. 

The three primary disciplines represented in our readings are English Studies, Religion, and Medicine / Science.

ENG-200-04, Disability and Culture

MWF 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM, HM240

Instructor:  Yvonne Stephens

Description:  What does it mean to be disabled? Is disability the same thing for people across cultures, genders, and ages? In what ways do rhetoricians, medical doctors, historians, and sociologists understand the concept of disability? What does disability mean to a deaf woman, an anxious student, and a man with cerebral palsy?

In this course, ENG 200: Disability and Culture, students will develop reading, writing, research, and critical thinking skills by exploring, in writing, the ways various disciplines treat the topic of disability. Students will develop critical reading skills and rhetorical awareness by studying how writers in different fields talk about disability and, in turn, construct the cultural concept of disability. Primary and secondary research skills will be a focus of the course and will allow students to collect, critique, and synthesize works and to construct original, rhetorically effective arguments. In reading and writing about discipline-specific conversations on disability, students will develop a greater understanding of disability in our culture, how oral and written discourses help to create those conceptions, and how those conceptions construct individual identities. 

ENG-200-05, Cancer

MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM, ML206 (Marianist Learning Center, Rm 206)

Instructor:  Elizabeth Martin

Description:  The focus of our reading and writing in this course is cancer.  The subject presents many questions as starting points, and reading and writing assignments in the course will move across disciplines to find at least partial answers. For example, current cancer research and cancer treatment raise questions concerning:

• the physical and spiritual journey of  cancer;
• how gender, ethnicity, or economic status affects access to treatment, or funding for research;
• the ethics of treatment, palliative care, and end of life care;
• images and metaphors of cancer;
• challenges presented to individuals, families, and communities,  in terms of financial, emotional, or psychological costs;
• the outcomes of hope and despair, perseverance and acquiescence,
• what is illuminated concerning the human condition in the stories of those who suffer, survive, or succumb to cancer. 

The three primary disciplines represented in our readings are English Studies, Religion, and Medicine / Science.

ENG-200-06, Space Alien and UFO Phenomena: Mythology, Metaphysics, History, and Popular Culture

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, HM 110

Instructor:  Dr. Albino Carrillo

Description: This section of English 200 considers scientific, socio-cultural, historical, philosophical and medical/phychiatric analysis, along with personal narratives concerning UFO and alien abduction phenomena across the globe.  We ask the basic question:  Are we alone in the universe?  We'll read from a variety of academic and journalistic texts about the history and metaphysics of such occurrences, and physics and science involved with "contact," as well as popular culture accounts of this social phenomena.  

As a continuation of ENG 100, this section of ENG 200 will apply and build on the same principles of writing, critical thinking, and research that underlie the ENG 100 syllabus.  We will read five seminal books from the study of UFO's, focusing on summary, analysis, synthesis, and research.  Finally, we will consider how each text makes certain types of arguments within a discourse community while developing our own arguments.  ENG 200 will also promote the development of a wide range of strategies for constructing arguments, using textual evidence for support, doing deep research, and documenting your research.

ENG-200-07, Writing the American Dream

TR 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM, HM 118

Instructor:  Linda Casola

Description: In each of our humanities courses, we ponder a complex question: What does it mean to be human?  We examine how our lives and the lives of others are shaped by the decisions we make, the opportunities we have, and the beliefs we adopt.  As readers in English 200, for example, we might ask ourselves why we study texts and how we use the information included in these texts.  As writers, we might consider how producing a text allows us to shape the experiences of others in our community.  Throughout the semester, we’ll focus on these social aspects of writing to better understand how we can communicate with diverse audiences. 

In order to begin this discussion, we’ll study texts from a variety of disciplines: history, philosophy, sociology, education, and literature.  However, each of these texts will share a common theme: the American Dream.  Though this is certainly a familiar topic, it’s important that we reflect upon its complexity; this motif means different things to different people in different situations.  A historian will analyze the influence of the American Dream much differently than a philosopher, for instance.  As we study the distinct rhetorical strategies used by writers from each discipline, we’ll also study how the varied perspectives presented define the thoughts and behaviors of current and future generations.  We’ll explore how the notion of the American Dream affects economies, technologies, opportunities, and ideologies of respective eras.  Ultimately, the intersection of the study of writing and the study of the American Dream offers us the chance to better understand the contributions we wish to make to our society as both citizens and writers.

ENG-200-08, Superheroes (in) and Society

MWF 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM, HM 05 (Found on the basement level of the Humanities Building)

Instructor:  Dr. Elizabeth Ann Mackay

Description:  This English 200 investigates various definitions of, genres of, and writing conventions that represent the “Superhero” and its prominence throughout history and popular cultures.  We will explore mythologies of superheroes; investigate similarities and differences between heroes and villains; consider ways that different disciplines write about superheroes; and consider diversity among races/ethnicities, classes, genders, and sexualities of superheroes.  As a continuation of ENG 100, ENG 200 will apply and build on the same principles of writing, critical thinking, and research that underlie the 100 syllabus.  Moving at a brisk pace, ENG 200 will focus on the importance of reading texts carefully, while highlighting the role of narrative discourses, disciplinary conventions, and generic writing in constructing meaning in texts and arguments.  ENG 200 will also promote the development of a wide range of strategies for constructing arguments, using textual evidence for support, doing deep research, and documenting your research.  “Avengers Assemble!”

ENG-200-09, Superheroes (in) and Society

MWF 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM, HM 05 (Found on the basement-level of the Humanities Building)

Instructor:  Dr. Elizabeth Ann Mackay

Description:  This English 200 investigates various definitions of, genres of, and writing conventions that represent the “Superhero” and its prominence throughout history and popular cultures.  We will explore mythologies of superheroes; investigate similarities and differences between heroes and villains; consider ways that different disciplines write about superheroes; and consider diversity among races/ethnicities, classes, genders, and sexualities of superheroes.  As a continuation of ENG 100, ENG 200 will apply and build on the same principles of writing, critical thinking, and research that underlie the 100 syllabus.  Moving at a brisk pace, ENG 200 will focus on the importance of reading texts carefully, while highlighting the role of narrative discourses, disciplinary conventions, and generic writing in constructing meaning in texts and arguments.  ENG 200 will also promote the development of a wide range of strategies for constructing arguments, using textual evidence for support, doing deep research, and documenting your research.  “Avengers Assemble!”

ENG-200-10, Superheroes (in) and Society

MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, HM 05 (Found on the basement-level of the Humanities Building)

Instructor:  Dr. Elizabeth Ann Mackay

Description:  This English 200 investigates various definitions of, genres of, and writing conventions that represent the “Superhero” and its prominence throughout history and popular cultures.  We will explore mythologies of superheroes; investigate similarities and differences between heroes and villains; consider ways that different disciplines write about superheroes; and consider diversity among races/ethnicities, classes, genders, and sexualities of superheroes.  As a continuation of ENG 100, ENG 200 will apply and build on the same principles of writing, critical thinking, and research that underlie the 100 syllabus.  Moving at a brisk pace, ENG 200 will focus on the importance of reading texts carefully, while highlighting the role of narrative discourses, disciplinary conventions, and generic writing in constructing meaning in texts and arguments.  ENG 200 will also promote the development of a wide range of strategies for constructing arguments, using textual evidence for support, doing deep research, and documenting your research.  “Avengers Assemble!”

ENG-200-11

TR 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM, HM 05 (Found on the basement level of the Humanities Building)

Instructor:  TBA

ENG-200-12, Writing the American Dream

TR 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, HM 118

Instructor:  Linda Casola

Theme: Writing the American Dream:

In each of our humanities courses, we ponder a complex question: What does it mean to be human?  We examine how our lives and the lives of others are shaped by the decisions we make, the opportunities we have, and the beliefs we adopt.  As readers in English 200, for example, we might ask ourselves why we study texts and how we use the information included in these texts.  As writers, we might consider how producing a text allows us to shape the experiences of others in our community.  Throughout the semester, we’ll focus on these social aspects of writing to better understand how we can communicate with diverse audiences. 

In order to begin this discussion, we’ll study texts from a variety of disciplines: history, philosophy, sociology, education, and literature.  However, each of these texts will share a common theme: the American Dream.  Though this is certainly a familiar topic, it’s important that we reflect upon its complexity; this motif means different things to different people in different situations.  A historian will analyze the influence of the American Dream much differently than a philosopher, for instance.  As we study the distinct rhetorical strategies used by writers from each discipline, we’ll also study how the varied perspectives presented define the thoughts and behaviors of current and future generations.  We’ll explore how the notion of the American Dream affects economies, technologies, opportunities, and ideologies of respective eras.  Ultimately, the intersection of the study of writing and the study of the American Dream offers us the chance to better understand the contributions we wish to make to our society as both citizens and writers.

ENG-200-13, Zombie Apocalypse

MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, ML COMM (Marianist Learning Center, Commons Area)

Instructor:  Chris Burnside

Description: Zombies are everywhere.  Zombie movies make millions.  Zombie television shows get record viewership.  Zombie books become bestsellers.  Zombies are in more video games than any other antagonist.  Zombies are everywhere.  This course aims to find out why.  What makes zombies such a force in pop culture?  Why are we so obsessed with such a dark, violent subject?  Why does my 4-year-old niece know what a zombie is? 

Students will engage a variety of zombie media, from the bestselling Zombie Survival Guide to the classic Night of the Living Dead.  Students will also read scholarly work written about zombies and the phenomenon of their rise to fame.  In learning about zombies, students will also learn about people, about themselves; to learn what it means to be human, we must first look at what it means to be not human.  The coursework consists of filmic and literary analysis papers and a substantial research project where students will take on a topic of their choosing.  Through this, students will have a chance to contribute their ideas and writing to the burgeoning field of zombie scholarship.  

ENG-200-14, (W)rites of Passage

TR 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM, HM 207

Instructor:  Dr. Kara Getrost

Description:  While this ENG 200 is primarily a writing course, we will examine our own writing, reading, critical thinking, and research practices through the lens of “coming of age.”  Our investigation of this somewhat elusive concept will center along several specific lines of inquiry:

ENG-200-15, Superheroes (in) and Society

TR 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, HM 202

Instructor:  Dr. Elizabeth Ann Mackay

Description:  This English 200 investigates various definitions of, genres of, and writing conventions that represent the “Superhero” and its prominence throughout history and popular cultures.  We will explore mythologies of superheroes; investigate similarities and differences between heroes and villains; consider ways that different disciplines write about superheroes; and consider diversity among races/ethnicities, classes, genders, and sexualities of superheroes.  As a continuation of ENG 100, ENG 200 will apply and build on the same principles of writing, critical thinking, and research that underlie the 100 syllabus.  Moving at a brisk pace, ENG 200 will focus on the importance of reading texts carefully, while highlighting the role of narrative discourses, disciplinary conventions, and generic writing in constructing meaning in texts and arguments.  ENG 200 will also promote the development of a wide range of strategies for constructing arguments, using textual evidence for support, doing deep research, and documenting your research.  “Avengers Assemble!”

ENG-200-16, War in the Arts

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, KL 306

Instructor:  Dr. Alex MacLeod

Description:  This section will study how various aspects of war have been represented in the arts.  We will try to consider as wide a range of texts as we can (film, song, poetry, paintings, memorials, etc.).  Students will have the opportunity to choose their own focus for their papers but class discussion will center upon such figures and events as basic training, the enemy, the wounded, home-coming, and mental trauma.  Major writing assignments will encourage students to develop their own writing process, construct their own arguments, and conduct/use research.

ENG-200-17, Authorship

TR 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM, HM 01 (Found on the basement level of the Humanities building)

Instructor:  Ann Biswas

Description:  What does it mean to be an author, creator, and content owner in today’s media-saturated world? This course explores different notions of authorship, from the romantic view of a single, inspired author to forms of collective authorship in which creators freely appropriate, remix, mash, and share music, video, images, text, and other forms of popular media across a “creative commons.”

Students will explore the ethical, legal, and social implications of being a content creator and content consumer by examining issues such as copyright, fair use, and plagiarism. We’ll also examine how laws and social norms throughout history have placed authors’ rights in conflict with the public’s desire to access, share, and financially benefit from content.

In addition to traditional forms of academic writing, students can create a digital media project by sampling and remixing “found” media (e.g., video, music, images, text) with their own media. This course emphasizes making connections with other Humanities disciplines, including History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and English, as we explore and integrate various disciplinary perspectives of authorship and ownership.

ENG-200-18, Imprisonment

MWF 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM, HM 118

Instructor:  Dr. Meredith Doench

Description:  The concept of imprisonment in American culture reaches far beyond the bars of a jail cell.  While we will investigate the history of the modern American prison system, we will also focus on the multitude of ways race, gender, social class, and sexuality work to imprison members of society.  ENG 200 is primarily a writing course, however, the selected readings and papers will draw from multiple disciplines such as philosophy, history, sociology, law, and religious studies in order to build an understanding of the complexity of imprisonment.  This course will require both presentations and papers that focus on argument as well as literary analysis. 

ENG-200-19, Cancer

MWF 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM, ML COMM (Marianist Learning Center, Commons Area)

Instructor:  Elizabeth Martin

Description:  The focus of our reading and writing in this course is cancer.  The subject presents many questions as starting points, and reading and writing assignments in the course will move across disciplines to find at least partial answers. For example, current cancer research and cancer treatment raise questions concerning:

• the physical and spiritual journey of  cancer;
• how gender, ethnicity, or economic status affects access to treatment, or funding for research;
• the ethics of treatment, palliative care, and end of life care;
• images and metaphors of cancer;
• challenges presented to individuals, families, and communities,  in terms of financial, emotional, or psychological costs;
• the outcomes of hope and despair, perseverance and acquiescence,
• what is illuminated concerning the human condition in the stories of those who suffer, survive, or succumb to cancer. 

The three primary disciplines represented in our readings are English Studies, Religion, and Medicine / Science.

ENG-200-20, Amish

TR 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, HM 05 (Found at the basement level of the Humanities Building)

Instructor:  Dr. Sue Trollinger

Description:  This course explores the fascinating culture of the Amish including their religious beliefs (such as pacifism), their commitments about limiting the impact of technology in their lives, and their convictions regarding the separation of themselves from the state. It also looks at how these people of deep tradition and preservation have nevertheless changed significantly over the last twenty years as they have been forced off the farm. The course focuses on the production of a research project (written in several stages) on a topic of the student's choosing that is related to the Amish. Some of the research for that project takes place on a required one-day trip to Ohio's Amish Country about mid-semester that includes dinner in an Amish home. A fee associated with this course provides the student's contribution to the expense of the trip.

ENG-200-21, Gender

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, HM 207

Instructor:  Dr. Laura Vorachek

Description:

ENG 200-22, (W)rites of Passage

MW 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM, Rm: CH315

Instructor:  Dr. Kara Getrost

Description:  While this ENG 200 is primarily a writing course, we will examine our own writing, reading, critical thinking, and research practices through the lens of “coming of age.”  Our investigation of this somewhat elusive concept will center along several specific lines of inquiry:

ENG-200-23

MWF 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM, HM207

Instructor:  TBA

Description:  TBA

ENG-200-24

MWF 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM, HM202

Instructor:  TBA

Description:  TBA

ENG-200-25, China's Middle Class

TR 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM, KL303

Instructor:  Dr. Xiaoli Li

Description:  The goal of this course is to assist you in raising your rhetorical awareness and improving your critical thinking, research, and writing skills through process-based writing practices.  In this course, we will discuss the concept of the middle class in China as compared with the definitions for the middle class in the United States.  We will study the growth of this group from its historical perspective, the performance of this group, as well as the global significance of this group to see what makes this group unique.  To make connections with other disciplines, including Education, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and English, we will read and analyze texts with various disciplinary perspectives of the rising middle class in China.  The assigned materials, published in China (in English) and the US, will be literary, historical, political, journalistic, and cultural studies oriented.  You will complete a series of writing assignments from cultural heritage reflection to rhetorical analysis, informative synthesis, and finally a researched argumentative paper.

ENG-200-26

MWF 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM, HM126

Instructor:  TBA

Description:  TBA

ENG-200-27

MWF 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM, HM110

Instructor:  TBA

Description:  TBA

ENG-200-28

MWF 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM, HM207

Instructor:  TBA

Description:  TBA

ENG-200-29, Vocation

MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, LTC 042 (Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center is found in the basement of Roesch Library)

Instructor:  Dr. Steve Wilhoit

Description:  In this section of English 200, students will study the various meanings of vocation.  The course readings are drawn from a range of disciplines, including literature, philosophy, religious studies, history, and film studies.  Through a series of formal and informal writing assignments, students will also examine their own calling, explore possible careers, and identify ways to use their gifts and talents to serve others.  Big questions of the course include: Where am I going in life?  What do I want my future to be?  What am I being called to do?  How much choice do I have defining my life?  What are my unique gifts and talents?  What are my obligations to others?

ENG-200-30, Writing the American Dream

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, HM 05 (Found in the basement level of the Humanities Building)

Instructor:  Linda Casola

Description:  In each of our humanities courses, we ponder a complex question: What does it mean to be human?  We examine how our lives and the lives of others are shaped by the decisions we make, the opportunities we have, and the beliefs we adopt.  As readers in English 200, for example, we might ask ourselves why we study texts and how we use the information included in these texts.  As writers, we might consider how producing a text allows us to shape the experiences of others in our community.  Throughout the semester, we’ll focus on these social aspects of writing to better understand how we can communicate with diverse audiences. 

In order to begin this discussion, we’ll study texts from a variety of disciplines: history, philosophy, sociology, education, and literature.  However, each of these texts will share a common theme: the American Dream.  Though this is certainly a familiar topic, it’s important that we reflect upon its complexity; this motif means different things to different people in different situations.  A historian will analyze the influence of the American Dream much differently than a philosopher, for instance.  As we study the distinct rhetorical strategies used by writers from each discipline, we’ll also study how the varied perspectives presented define the thoughts and behaviors of current and future generations.  We’ll explore how the notion of the American Dream affects economies, technologies, opportunities, and ideologies of respective eras.  Ultimately, the intersection of the study of writing and the study of the American Dream offers us the chance to better understand the contributions we wish to make to our society as both citizens and writers.

ENG-200-31, Imprisonment

MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM, HM 118

Instructor:  Dr. Meredith Doench

Description:  The concept of imprisonment in American culture reaches far beyond the bars of a jail cell.  While we will investigate the history of the modern American prison system, we will also focus on the multitude of ways race, gender, social class, and sexuality work to imprison members of society.  ENG 200 is primarily a writing course, however, the selected readings and papers will draw from multiple disciplines such as philosophy, history, sociology, law, and religious studies in order to build an understanding of the complexity of imprisonment.  This course will require both presentations and papers that focus on argument as well as literary analysis. 

ENG-200-32, Imprisonment

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, HM 202

Instructor:  Dr. Meredith Doench

Description:  The concept of imprisonment in American culture reaches far beyond the bars of a jail cell.  While we will investigate the history of the modern American prison system, we will also focus on the multitude of ways race, gender, social class, and sexuality work to imprison members of society.  ENG 200 is primarily a writing course, however, the selected readings and papers will draw from multiple disciplines such as philosophy, history, sociology, law, and religious studies in order to build an understanding of the complexity of imprisonment.  This course will require both presentations and papers that focus on argument as well as literary analysis.