English (ENGX) (CPS)

This course is designed to develop and refine the analytical/critical reading skills and the substantive writing skills of freshmen. This intensive writing class will focus on writing essays of varying length and expose students to the various rhetorical modes of writing that will contribute to their success in university courses and their chosen careers.

This course examines the short story as a literary genre and offers the opportunity to understand it from historical and aesthetic viewpoints. Particular emphasis is given to American and contemporary authors such as Hawthorne, Joyce, Steinbeck, Welty, Hemingway, and others who have made noteworthy contributions to the genre.