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Discipline: Humanities & Social Sciences: English, Literature, Creative Writing

Course Name	Course Number	Objectives
Beginning Writing and Reporting for the Mass Media	JOUR 101	Students will demonstrate news judgment. Students will be able to identify and write summary and other leads. Students will understand AP style.
African American Literature	LIT 20	Students will write a literary analysis. Students will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Children's Literature	LIT 40	Students will write a literary analysis. Students will analyze major themes and concerns in children's literature. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Contemporary Mexican American Literature	LIT 25	Students will write a literary analysis.
Creative Writing - Fiction	ENGL 8A	Students will write a short story.
Creative Writing - Poetry	ENGL 8B	Students will understand the elements of poetry. Students will write a poem.
Critical Thinking and Writing	ENGL 1C	Students will evaluate the soundness of arguments. In conversation with multiple texts, whether assigned by the instructor or chosen by the student, students will write a formal argument.
Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors	ENGL 1CH	Students will evaluate the soundness of arguments. In conversation with multiple texts, whether assigned by the instructor or chosen by the student, students will write a formal argument.
Early American Literature	LIT 1	Students will write a literary analysis. Students completing an assignment is Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Editor Training	JOUR 105	Students will understand journalistic codes of ethics. Students will edit for AP style, English, and journalistic writing.
English - Introduction to Literary Types	ENGL 1B	Students will write a literary analysis. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Freshman Composition	ENGL 1A	Students will write an essay in which they synthesize information from a variety of sources. Students will apply MLA format for citing and documenting sources.
Freshman Composition - Honors	ENGL 1AH	Students will write an essay in which they synthesize information from multiple texts. Students will apply MLA format for citing and documenting sources.
Intermediate Writing and Reporting for Mass Media	JOUR 102	Students will write an in-depth news story. Students will understand journalistic codes of ethics.
Introduction to Cinema	LIT 15	Students will write a literary analysis. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Introduction to Mass Communications	JOUR 100	Students will understand the respective functions of the fields that comprise the mass media, advertising, and public relations. Students will be familiar with basic mass media law and ethics.
Introduction to mythology	LIT 36	Students will write a literary analysis. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Introduction to Public Relations	JOUR 108	Students will understand the code of ethics in public relations. Students will understand the role of public relations in media activities and related publics. Students will be write and edit copy for features, newsletters, institutional publications, and other PR writing styles.
Language Acquisition	ENGL 81	Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental components of human language.
Magazine Staff Production Laboratory	JOUR 103	Students will understand journalistic codes of ethics.
Magazine Writing and Production	JOUR 110	Students will recognize how the magazine industry and its markets function. Students will contribute to the production of the student magazine.
Modern American Literature	LIT 2	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will analyze major themes and concerns in American literature after 1850.
Multicultural American Literature	LIT 3	Students will write a literary analysis. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Multimedia Storytelling	JOUR 116	Students will be able to construct news stories through blog and social media posts that are short and concise and follow the journalistic guidelines learned in class.
Online Media Laboratory	JOUR 106	Students will understand journalistic codes of ethics. Students will create, edit, and upload a basic podcast to the Web. Students will create, edit, and upload basic a videocast to the Web.
Preparation for College Writing	ENGL 68	In response to one or more assigned texts, students will write an expository essay. Students will be able to punctuate a variety of sentence types.
Public Relations Internship	JOUR 109	Students will write a public relations plan for a client. Students will execute a public relations plan for a client.
Race, Culture, Gender, and Mass Media Images	JOUR 107	Students will recognize how the mass media contributes to racial, cultural, gender, and sexual stereotyping. Students will analyze how the mass media and advertising contributes to racial, cultural, gender, and sexual stereotyping.
Special Projects in English	ENGL 99	Students will complete an independent reading or writing project in composition, literature, journalism, or creative writing.
Student Media Photography Laboratory	JOUR 104	Students will understand journalistic codes of ethics. Students will contribute to the production of the student newspaper.
Student News Media Editing Staff	JOUR 115	Students will be able to edit news stories and information into a publishable form, with attention to accuracy, clarity, thoroughness, fairness, AP style, and media law and ethics.
Student News Media Staff	JOUR 114	Students will be able to develop news and feature stories through written, visual, audio, video, or other multimedia formats.
Survey of English Literature	LIT 6A	Students will write a literary analysis.
Survey of English Literature	LIT 6B	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Survey of English Literature	LIT 6A	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Survey of English Literature	LIT 6B	Students will write a literary analysis.
Survey of Shakespeare	LIT 10	Students will write a literary analysis. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Work Experience in Journalism	JOUR 112	Students will fulfill the requirements of their media internship contract. Students will understand journalistic codes of ethics.
Writing Broadcast and Web News	JOUR 111	Students will incorporate video and/or audio into a digital news story. Students will understand broadcast law and ethics. Students will gather news and write for radio, television, and all digital media.
Writing Fundamentals	ENGL 67	Students will be able to write logical sentences. Students will summarize short expository and literary texts. In response to one assigned text, students will write a unified paragraph.

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