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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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EN 231 African American Short Story
This is a survey of short stories that reflect different historical moments in the African American community as both it and the nation evolved. Beginning with African and African American folk tales, the course includes classic stories by such writers as Charles Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright and also contemporary practitioners such as Edward P. Jones and Alice Walker.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
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EN 232 Louise Erdrich
Critical reading of and writing about major novels, short stories, nonfiction, and poetry of Louise Erdrich. Focuses on the stylistic, structural, and thematic developments of Erdrich’s work.
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EN 233 Shakespeare
This study of selected comedies, tragedies, histories and romances by William Shakespeare emphasizes systematic literary and dramatic criticism.
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EN 240 Intermediate Fiction Writing
A workshop designed to immerse students in the practice of writing, revising and workshopping their original fiction works at an intermediate level. Students will read and critique the work of their peers while reading works of short and long fiction and also texts about creative writing. Readings include two novels, seven to ten short stories, and a creative writing instructional text; Course requirements include a minimum of two analytical essays exploring fiction writing as a craft and demonstrating expert understanding of particular craft elements.
Prerequisite: EN 212 is highly recommended.
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EN 241 Intermediate Poetry Writing
A workshop designed to facilitate and encourage the student’s own style and voice in writing poetry. The course has three components: weekly readings, weekly writing prompts, and peer review workshops. Authors include Williams, Ashbery, Schuyler, Whalen, Armantrout, Hoagland, Smith, Scalapino, Lin, Berssenbrugge and others.
Prerequisite: EN 212 is highly recommended.
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EN 267 Introductory Fiction and Poetry Workshop
This course for beginning creative writers is designed to help students develop writing skills over four weeks through online discussions and workshops and also through personal feedback from peers and the instructor during both the weekend on campus and the four weeks of online workshops. Assignments include writing and revising original fiction and poetry, extensive reading of literature and writings on craft and technique, and a final portfolio of the student’s best work.
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EN 272 Poetry for Page and Stage
One-half writing workshop, one-half performance, this workshop looks at how we can translate our own written work into a stage performance. It begins with a traditional poetry workshop centered on students’ writing. It explores vocal and theatrical techniques to bring the written word to life. Readings include works of O’Hara, Sanchez, Williams, Shange and current performance artists. The course ends in a final public performance.
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EN 299 Interpreting Literature II
An intermediate-level investigation and practice of strategies of interpreting literary texts. Topics include multiple vs. single interpretations; the problem of political and psychological subtexts; and the relation among history, society and the author. Readings are drawn from fiction, poetry, drama and essays on critical theory.
Required for English majors.
Prerequisite: EN 199 or its equivalent.
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EN 311 Writing Center Issues
This course helps Arcadia University Writing Center consultants to develop the skills and understanding of Writing Center issues necessary to be effective tutors. Every semester addresses a different theoretical perspective or issue, including writing across the curriculum, effective structures of consultations, the rhetoric of student papers and tutoring, conversation models, research writing, and cultural issues in tutoring.
Prerequisite: Students must be employed at the Arcadia University Writing Center as writing consultants.
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EN 314 Writing for Magazines
The course offers a practical introduction to the consumer magazine industry and aims to equip students with the basic skills and understanding necessary to pursue full-time or freelance careers as magazine writers or editors. Students examine all forms of magazine writing from short front-of-book items to department stories to features, perform critical analyses of individual magazines, learn how to develop story ideas into compelling magazine prose, and write effective query or pitch letters. In addition to an overview of the industry, the course provides an understanding of the basic structure of magazines, the different types of stories that magazines publish, and the economic forces driving magazine publishing today.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 315 Technical Writing
This intensive study of technical documents for various careers covers catalogue descriptions, descriptions of mechanisms, instructional and procedural manuals, bids, requests for bids, proposals, reports, memos and letters responding to customer inquiries. It emphasizes preparation of effectively written documents for various audiences and purposes. It presents the integration of graphic and copy elements in well-structured and designed documents. It includes individual and group assignments from a problem-solving approach.
It requires portfolios of work in-progress and two spoken presentations.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 316 Writing for the Health Industry
An intensive writing workshop offering an overview of the health-care communications field. Students become familiar with research tools (including online databases), interview techniques, and the integration of graphics to enhance text. They also develop an understanding of audience and an appreciation for the knowledge base of the intended reader. This course covers the writing and editing of peer-reviewed technical journal articles as well as marketing materials, press releases, newsletter articles, feature and advertising copy.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 318 Journalism II
Learn the set-up of the newsroom; practice the conventions of news and news features, such as profiles and issue-oriented stories. Fieldwork includes coverage of some live events with emphasis on writing the more complex story, with style, color, flair and substance.
Prerequisite: EN 217 or another course in journalism, or experience in public relations/advanced writing; or permission of the instructor.
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EN 320 Classical and Medieval European Literature
This is a selective study and appreciation of texts from Western antiquity and the Middle Ages that remain influential and alive in our own time. These texts are considered within the cultural contexts from which they sprang and to which they helped give definitive shape. Typically, readings are drawn from the plays and epics of ancient Greece; great Roman authors such as Virgil, Augustine, and Boethius: and such medieval works, genres and authors as Beowulf, the Arthurian romances, Dante and Chaucer.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 321 European Renaissance and Enlightenment Literature
This is a selective study and appreciation of texts from 16th, 17th and 18th century European literature with a focus on the English tradition and a consideration of the historical contexts of the works studied. Readings are drawn from Renaissance essayists and novelists such as More, Montaigne, Bacon and Cervantes; Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists such as Jonson, Shakespeare and Webster; English lyric poets such as Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne and Marvell; major works from later 17th century and Restoration authors such as Milton, Dryden and Congreve; and major figures from the 18th century such as Pope, Swift, Voltaire, Defoe, Fielding and Sterne.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 322 Modern British Literature
This is a critical reading of major British works of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries in the context of cultural history. Readings include works by such writers as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Bronte, Browning, Tennyson, George Eliot, Conrad, Woolf, Beckett and others.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 323 Modern American Literature
This is a critical reading of major American works of the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, approaching the texts as products of a specific place and historical experience.Authors include Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Twain, Dickinson, James, Faulkner, Frost, Hughes, Baldwin, Miller, Morrison and others.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 327 The discovery of Adulthood in British and American Fiction
This course explores, through novels and short stories, the cognitive, moral, social and psychological complexities of adolescent and early adult experience. It also deals with the literary problems involved in portraying these stages of human development. The aim both of the readings and of the class activities is to enhance awareness of the magnitude of change implied in the term “growing up.” While the overall focus is thematic in nature, the specific day-today focus is primarily literary, although there will be some brief side-excursions into related fields, especially that of psychology.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 328 William Faulkner
In this intensive study of the work of one of America’s most important fiction writers, readings include five major novels and several short stories. In addition to understanding Faulkner’s extraordinary achievement as an experimental novelist, we look at his presentation of themes such as race, slavery, family and the natural world. This is an advanced course for students with experience in reading and writing literary criticism.
Prerequisite: EN 199 or equivalent; Junior standing or above.
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EN 329 Narrative Form in Fiction and Film
This is a study of narrative forms and structures in film and fiction. Close reading of texts, reviews and conventional and experimental narrative forms are guided by narrative theory. Opportunities exist for critical and creative responses.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 330 Black Cinema
This course examines the cinematic productions by Black filmmakers, representing Africa, North American, the Caribbean and Europe. Sample topics include early “race films,” independent cinema, documentary, women in film, 90s urban drama, “message cinema,” “Nollywood” (Nigerian film industry), the politics of production and distribution, film representing global cultural and social movements, and the role of the Black film maker, globally. Filmmakers include Ousmane Sembene, Julie Dash, Kasi Lemmons, Melvin Van Peebles, Spike Lee, Haile Gerima, Ana DuVernay, and others.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 332 Literature and the Law
What is the right relation between people and the laws they enact? Strict obedience? Civil disobedience? Conscientious objection? Violent rebellion? Silent subversion? This question and the responses it’s drawn through centuries of human history are the subject matter of this course. Fiction, drama, essays and films have explored how people have grappled with the complex issues arising from the imperfect relationship between an individual and the law. We’ll view films and read fiction and drama that present the theme. Also, students will read essays by literary critics, philosophers, lawyers, judges and psychologists who write about the shared interpretive strategies of literature and law.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 333 Teaching English as a Second Language
This introduction to ESL teaching methods provides background in lesson planning, cross-cultural communication, selecting English-as-a-second-language materials, and conducting lessons. It includes field tutoring experience in practicum with adult literacy learners or second-language students.
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EN 334 Introduction to Linguistics and Language History
This examination of the historical development of the English language and the various approaches to acquisition and use of language includes psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, phonology, morphology, schools of grammar, semantics, syntax and stylistics. It surveys contemporary theories, such as speech act theory, concerning the interpretation of language. It does not count as a literature course.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 335 Special Topics in American Literature
In this advanced course in American literature, topics vary. Possibilities include Transcendentalism, Race in the Literary Imagination, Literature of the Early 20th Century, the Jewish Novel, Between the World Wars, American Women Poets and others.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 336 Asian Literature
This is a historical introduction to the cultural and literary modes of India, China and Japan through the study and discussion of ancient and modern works of Indian, Chinese and Japanese literature, supplemented by some religious and philosophical texts. It includes such works and writers as the Ramayana, the Gita, Gandhi, Tagore; Confucius, Lao-Tse and recent Chinese poetry and fiction; Noh plays, haiku and The Snow Country.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 337 Disaster, Death, and Madness
The central objective of this course is to help students to enter imaginatively into the condition of people caught in extremis by disaster, death, and madness—or any combination of the three. The course is an intensely collaborative experience for the student and the instructor. Students give a seminar report on a public disaster that has been researched, review drafts of fellow-students’ work, write an original play, and participate in the production of the “class play.” The three common texts used in the course are John Hersey’s familiar Hiroshima; Kai T. Erikson’s Everything in Its Path; and Norman Maclean’s powerful—and posthumously published—Young Men and Fire.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 341 The Slave Narrative
This course will explore the structures and literary themes present in autobiographical narratives of former slaves (African and Black American) of the 17-19th centuries, as well as the revision of these narratives in the work of contemporary writers of the African Diaspora (late 20th and 21st centuries). We will discuss the global impact of slavery and the literary methods used to address the institution. In addition to archival sources from the Library of Congress and other slave narrative projects, possible authors include Olaudah Equiano, Harriet Jacobs, Venture Smith, Toni Morrison, and Yvette Christiansë. This course may be taught in a traditional classroom format or fully online.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 342 Ireland in 20th Century Film and Literature
This is an intensive study of the myths and realities of 20th century Ireland as represented by seminal works of film and literature. In addition to its examination of the culture of Dublin over the past 100 years, the course guides students through cinematic and literary works, exploring such themes as migration and the myth of the West, colonial and post-colonial political struggles, and the role of women in Irish culture.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 343 Writing for Children
An intensive writing workshop focused on the production of publishable fiction and nonfiction for the children’s market, the course provides an exploration of the creative process, including invention techniques, drafting, and revision. Plotting, characterization, and the writing of dialogue and description are examined. Students also engage in an in-depth study of the magazine and book publishing markets so they can effectively target their writings to specific publishers. The course includes such practical considerations as the writing of query letters, working with editors and agents, and preparing manuscripts for submission. It does not count as a literature course.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 344 Special Studies Seminar
This seminar on advanced topics in literature provides an opportunity for intensive study in areas of special interest. Topics vary. Possibilities include: Modern and Contemporary Fiction; American Women Writers; Cinema of Science Fiction; Women’s Cinema.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above. May be taken more than once for credit when topics vary.
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EN 346 Russian Fiction
This is a survey of Russian fiction, of its themes and narrative techniques, with special emphasis on select works of Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgeniev, Babel, Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn. It covers Russian history in outline, from the founding of the Kievan State to the emergence of new Russia. The course approaches individual works as cultural products of their times.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 349 The Short Novel
A study of several small masterpieces of fiction. Authors may include Austen, Melville, James, Faulkner, Pynchon, Morrison, Barker and/or others. Advanced course for juniors, seniors and graduate students.
Prerequisite: EN 199 or an intermediate level literature course.
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EN 350 Major Authors Seminar
This in-depth study of the significant work of one or more authors focuses on an author’s literary development as well as the relationship between the author’s life and work.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above. May be taken more than once when topics vary.
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EN 351 Jane Austen
A study of Austen’s six major novels with attention to the culture of Regency England, the course examines the enduring popularity of Austen’s works and the growing library of film adaptations of the novels. This course may be taught in a traditional classroom format or fully online.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 352 Alfred Hitchcock’s American Films
An intensive study of the major film works of one of the best 20th century studio directors focuses on the cinema produced in his American period, 1943-63. The course guides students through discussion and analysis of such important films as Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds, examining them both as works of cinematic art and as documents reflecting American culture of mid-century America.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 353 Mark Twain
In this intensive study of one of America’s most famous writers, students read a selection of his novels, stories and essays to get a sense of how complicated a writer he was. The course also views Ken Burns’ documentary. This course may be taught in a traditional classroom format or fully online.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 355 Southern Fiction
This exploration of the fiction of the American South focuses on recurring themes in Southern literature. Authors may include Mark Twain, Faulkner, O’Connor, Lee, Warren, Hurston, Wright, Styron, Welty and Jones.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 359 Literature after War
This course focuses on literature that expresses the mood of the community in response to war. Most of the texts look at the community in the wake of war, not during it. Thus, the course is not a typical “war literature” course in that it is less focused on what happens on the battlefield than on what happens after the battles are over.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 360 Contemporary American Autobiography
Introducing students to the important genre of the memoir, this course explores how the memoir explicates childhood, alienation in a multicultural land, alternative (and mainstream) sexuality, homelessness, mental illness and aging. Readings include a selection of recent American autobiographies and memoirs. Students may practice writing their own memoirs.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 361 Seminar: Modern Drama
This exploration of the styles and techniques of modern theater includes selected British, American and Continental plays by modern dramatists such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Synge, O’Neill, Pirandello, Brecht and Pinter.
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EN 362 A Few Great Novels
This exploration of the novel as a literary genre that has eluded precise definition focuses on works that represent major stages in the evolution of the genre. Possible authors include Austen, James, Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, Ellison, Pynchon, Morrison and Byatt.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 363 Seminar: Modernism and Postmodernism
This is a critical reading of selected texts, both artistic and rhetorical, to explore the differences between modern and postmodern styles, methods and attitudes in the 20th century. It includes such modernist works as Joyce’s Ulysses (selections), Eliot’s The Wasteland, poems by Yeats and Stevens, and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, as well as essays by Wimsatt and Jung; postmodern works by such poets as W. C. Williams, R. Lowell, Plath, Levertov and Rich; film directors Fellini, Resnais, W. Allen and essays by Altieri, Fish and Barthes.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 364 Seminar: The Lyric
This exploration of lyric poetry from the ancient world to the present, with emphasis both on what makes language poetry and on the theory of the lyric form, includes a historical survey of highlights of the English lyric. Students write critical and analytical papers and poetry.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 365 The Contemporary Moment
This course seeks to give a student a fresh experience of the literature being produced in our culture here and now. The majority of the texts have appeared in the world very, very recently—texts by living writers who, as creative personalities, make a just claim on both our time and our attention. A number of these writers, among them Jean Valentine, C.K. Williams, Robert Pinsky, and T.C. Boyle, are well-established writers whose reputations are secure. Others are emerging or established writers about whom a student will know little, if indeed anything, at the beginning of the course, but who will afford the student experiences that will be richly worthwhile.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 366 Kerouac and His Sources
This study of central works of Jack Kerouac and several key literary sources he drew on includes On the Road, The Dharma Bums, and the poetry collection Mexico City Blues. Influences include others in the Beat Movement such as Allen Ginsberg, Cary Snyder, Diana di Prima; American predecessors such as Ernest Hemingway, Jack London and Walt Whitman; the French Symbolist poets (in translation) Arthur Rimbaud and Charles Baudelaire; and finally the Romantic visionary William Blake.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 368 Tell It Slant: Memoir Writing Workshop
The word “memoir” literally means to remember in French, but it has morphed into one of the most popular literary genres today. The course primarily is concerned with carefully crafted literary memoirs. Some questions that will be considered are: What is the difference between memoir and autobiography? What are the ethics involved with writing memoir? What elements (dialogue, scene, description) go into crafting a memoir? How truthful is memoir? How do experienced writers render their memoirs?
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 369 Young Adult and Children’s Writing Workshop (Intermediate Level)
This course further develops writing skills and knowledge of the children’s and young adult markets with a concentration on the student’s own work -in-progress. This course differs fromthe introductory course is several ways: by offering more intensive, full-class peer review; by providing additional technique workshops and one-on-one conferencing; and by being more student-directed via journaling and student-teacher conferencing. The emphasis is on the student’s own writing as well as on distinct characteristics of the genre.
Prerequisite: EN 343 /443: Writing for Children, or the equivalent from another institution, or permission from the instructor. Junior standing or above.
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EN 371 Career Internship in English
The internship is in a supervised professional setting for a minimum of eight hours per week. It includes meetings with other interns and the instructor to analyze and discuss the work experience. It requires a written log and a paper analyzing some aspect of the internship experience as it relates to personal career plans. Interested students must submit a written proposal for an internship before registering for the course. Students also must carry at least 8 additional credits at Arcadia University while enrolled in the internship unless regularly attending on a part-time basis.
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EN 372 Special Studies in Writing
In this advanced seminar course in writing, topics vary according to the needs and interests of students and faculty. Possibilities include poetry writing workshop, feature writing, editing, professional writing and critical writing.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 373 Writing for the Law
This course focuses on writing forms and style used in legal settings and law school. Reports, forms and briefs, as well as research techniques and information gathering using legal resources, are discussed in full.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above
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EN 374 Grant Writing for Non-Profits
This course introduces the elements of fundraising through grant proposal writing for nonprofit organizations. Students identify and work with a nonprofit organization to produce a viable grant proposal. In the process, students develop skills in the areas of needs assessment, program development, budgeting, conflict resolution and negotiation, development planning, and discerning organizational strengths and weaknesses. The course also integrates an understanding of the philosophy and practice of philanthropy in the United States. Instructional formats include lecture, group work, writing practice, guest speakers, media analysis, online discussion, and field experience.
Prerequisite: Must have at least EN 101 and a research writing-designated (WR) course. Junior standing or above.
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EN 375 Fiction Writing Workshop
This workshop is limited to undergraduate students of junior and senior standing who wish to further their skills, which must be already well-developed, as writers of fiction. Students critique one another’s works-in-progress, consider works of fiction by professional writers, and participate in intensive, cumulative workshops on the fine points of writing fiction. Each student must complete a body of work that comprises four finished short stories as well as a series of exercises required of all students in the course.
Prerequisite: EN 212 or the equivalent; or permission of the instructor, which is based on the submission of a portfolio of stories that gives clear evidence of solid training in fiction writing. Students with no prior formal training in fiction writing are not likely to be admitted. Junior standing or above.
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EN 376 Writing for the Web and New Media
In the rapidly changing world of business and industry, one thing hasn’t changed—the high demand for professionals who can deliver high quality, strategic copy for a variety of new media formats, including company websites, intranets, and other digital media. This course, which draws on current usability research, explores key differences in print vs. electronic writing, details rhetorical strategies for new media formats, and helps students understand how to integrate visual and written elements. Students analyze, construct and write multimedia text in various assignments, creating a portfolio of electronic writing samples.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 377 Advanced Editing Workshop
The course aims to develop understanding of grammar and rhetoric in varied written applications (academic, creative, professional), with particular emphasis on editing techniques for these different types of writing. Workshops focus on appropriate editing styles applied to student work.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.
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EN 378 Poetry Writing Workshop
This course equips students with the fundamental tools needed to write effective poetry and to read poetry intelligently. It emphasizes the craft of poetry in a workshop setting where students’ poems are critiqued, and it includes a careful consideration of the works of accomplished poets, poetic theory, and the rules of prosody.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 381 Modern British Literature and Culture
The seminar begins on the Arcadia campus with study of the historical and philosophic backgrounds and the formal features of select modern English texts. Participants then travel to London, with visits to museums, libraries, cathedrals and the English locales of works.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Junior standing or above.
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EN 382 Medieval Women
Explores the facets of women’s connections to text during the Middle Ages through the lens of feminist literary theory. Women of the Middle Ages were the subject of many writers’ platitudes and chastisements and secular, religious and pedagogical texts. This course will challenge the modern notion of medieval women as silent and docile and explore the multi-faceted relationship of women and text during the period.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 383 Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer has for decades been known as “The Father of English Literature.” We come to know him through his memorable characters such as the Wife of Bath, and through his comic tales, such as the Miller’s Tale. But Chaucer was a far more prolific and varied writer than most are aware; his works include tales, ecclesiastical handbooks, technical documents, romances, fabliaux, and what scholars have dubbed the first novel. This course will explore both the cultural and theoretical contexts of Chaucer’s many works, including many Canterbury Tales, The Legend of Good Women, and his pinnacle work, Troilus and Criseyde.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 384 Graphic Fiction Adaptations from Literature and Life
A study of graphic fiction as a hybrid narrative medium through a deep analysis of its synthesis of the narrative approaches of literary fiction, drama, journalism, and visual arts; and its distinctive blend of visual and verbal languages to produce graphic adaptions of print literature (as well as narrative media like film and television). Introduces fundamental narrative and dramatic devices of the two languages and various media; provides a critical vocabulary for interpreting graphic fiction; guides careful textual analysis of important graphic fictions together with their narrative sources.
Offers regular opportunities to discuss and interpret fiction in class and in writing, including the creation of graphic fiction works.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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EN 385 Humanities Colloquium
In this collaborative study of a specific topic from one of the humanities disciplines, topics vary from year to year, alternating among the three areas of concentration within the humanities program. It may be repeated for credit on a different topic.
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EN 386 Creative Writing Institute
This is an intermediate to advanced course wherein students refine their skills in poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction or a combination of the above. The students and faculty meet in person for one weekend to participate in workshops, lectures and presentations. Then the course continues online for the following four weeks and includes peer-review workshops on Blackboard and one-on-one work with a professor.
Prerequisite: EN 212 or equivalent. Junior standing or above.
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EN 389 Independent Study
This is an in-depth study and research on an individual author, genre, or theme, culminating in a substantial paper or project in creative writing.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above, a minimum GPA of 3.0 and permission of the Chair.
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EN 488 Creative Writing Culminating Manuscript
This is the culminating course for seniors enrolled in the Creative Writing Concentration. The student will work on a manuscript that may or not be inspired by a work produced in another course over the student’s four years of study. The manuscript will be about 50 pages in length and can be a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry. This course will be team taught by professors who specialize in the possible genres. The course will meet three hours once a week and include lectures on elements of craft and form, whole class discussions of elements of craft based on assigned readings, development and peer review sessions, lab time when a student can work on revising his or her manuscript, ask questions immediately and get advice from a professor or a peer. Each student will produce
and revise his or her manuscript throughout the semester and will also critique other students’ work-in-progress. By the end of the course, the student will have completed the manuscript and will read from his/her work. at a senior reading event.
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EN 490 The Text, the Critic and the World
This Capstone course for senior English majors explores contemporary literary theory and cultural criticism. It is in seminar format, with student reports and an individual term project.
Prerequisite: Senior standing or permission of the instructor.
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Intensive English At the beginning and intermediate levels (096-099), students take a set of three integrated skills-courses as part of the core curriculum. These three courses include the following: Writing and Reading; Speaking and Listening; and English Grammar.
Students at the advanced level (level 100) may take the following integrated skills courses that address academic content areas.
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ESL 090C Culture & Communication
This course focuses on formal and informal conversation in various social settings. The class addresses how people use language to communicate clearly and effectively with others. Class topics include communicative functions such as apologizing, requesting, and agreeing/disagreeing in social context as well as the use of communicative strategies to make oneself understood by others.
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ESL 101 Advanced English: Academic Reading and Writing
This course is for students who are preparing to study at the university level. The course emphasizes reading strategies, vocabulary development, and writing reports and academic essays using source materials. Students have the opportunity to take a selected Arcadia University course with tutorial support.
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ESL 102 Advanced Oral Communication
This course focuses on the development of listening and speaking skills used in academic settings. Students learn to take notes from lectures, use English to solve problems and work in groups, give oral presentations, and communicate effectively on campus.
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ESL 103 Advanced Academic Writing
This course focuses on students writing various types of essays for academic purposes. Class topics include essay organization and development, coherence in writing, and the accurate use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
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ESL 104 Advanced Academic Reading
This course prepares students to read academic texts more effectively and to discuss them with others in a university classroom. Class topics include effective note-taking, summarizing skills, responding critically, and posing/addressing discussion questions.
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ESL 561 International Graduate Student Seminar
ID 561 is a required course for incoming international graduate students who do not have a previous degree from a U.S. university. This class focuses on tasks and skills required in university and professional settings: working in groups, giving presentations, participating in class discussion, taking notes from lectures, and writing academic reports and essays. Students must pass the course with a B- (80%) or higher.
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Fine Arts NOTE: Studio courses require a combination of scheduled class time and independent work that averages at least 12 hours a week.
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FA 102 Studio Art Foundations I
(3 credits)
Studio Art Foundations is a course that consists of a studio and a weekly lecture component. The studio component meets twice a week for four hours and covers thematic ideas of Identity, Language and Environment. Students will be exposed to a variety of materials, processes and ways of working. They will also be exposed to art historical examples pertaining to the theme they are exploring. Through this, students will gain knowledge of both hands-on and conceptual skills relating to making art in the world today. Successful students will analyze the material offered to them and synthesize the information into their own work and evaluate their work in comparison to their peers. The lecture covers a variety of topics applicable to what students are learning about in the studio component of this course. Lecture time will be used for community based discussions and interactions. There will also be in-class group projects, film screenings, group critiques and student presentations.
The course meets for 6 studio and lecture hours weekly, with at least as many hours of independent work outside of class. This course is required for art majors but may be taken by non-art majors interested in art. This course counts as a Visual Literacy designation in the Arcadia University Curriculum.
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FA 103 Studio Art Foundations II
(3 credits)
FA 103 has the same course structure as FA 102 with different course content. The thematic ideas covered in the Spring semester are Desire, Ritual and Technology. This course can be taken as a continuation of 102 or may be taken as a standalone class. This course counts as a Visual Literacy designation in the Arcadia University Curriculum.
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FA 104 Drawing I
(3 credits)
This course includes a wide range of experiences that focus on developing the student’s ability to perceive space, light and form and to express them two-dimensionally. Drawing I places particular emphasis on line. The course is designed to give students a thorough grounding in the conceptual, formal and expressive nature of drawing, along with attention to process. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
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FA 105 Drawing II
(3 credits)
Building on the language developed in Drawing I, this course focuses on space, light and form as expressed primarily through tone. Both perceptual and conceptual applications are explored, and a range of media is used. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: Open to students with no previous art course, although FA 103 or FA 104 is recommended.
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FA 200 Painting I
(3 credits)
An introduction to the inherent qualities of the medium, this course examines the formal qualities of color, light, space, form, composition and point of view, and the role they play in expressive intent. The course emphasizes developing perceptual vision. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 104 and FA 105
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FA 201 Color and Design
(4 credits)
This studio course is designed to help the student to better understand the behavior and the power of color and to consider the diverse applications of this understanding. Study includes the properties of color—chroma, value, intensity, hue and temperature—as well as study of the interaction of colors and the underlying principles that govern their behavior. Theoretical understanding is applied to exercises as well as more formally executed designs.
Prerequisite: FA 103 .
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FA 203 Printmaking I
(3 credits)
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the basic printmaking disciplines (intaglio, relief) through traditional and contemporary techniques. It emphasizes the creative process, experimentation and exploration to encourage the development of style and image. It includes lectures on print history, group and individual critiques, and fieldtrips to the Philadelphia Print Club and area galleries.
It requires an additional studio fee. Six hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 103 or FA 104 .
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FA 204 Ceramics I
(3 credits)
This course introduces and develops fundamental skills employed in the ceramic handbuilding process, including coil, pinch, slab building, and more. The focus of this class is on the development of skills of craftsmanship and construction as well as other formal and technical aspects of making ceramic art. Students develop the skills needed to transform abstract ideas into tangible objects and build a vocabulary to facilitate informed discussion of ceramic art. The course includes visual presentations that focus on historical and contemporary ceramics. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 103 or FA 104 . FA 102 is recommended. Non-art majors do not need FA 103 or FA 104 .
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FA 205 Metals and Jewelry I
(3 credits)
This course is an introduction to the basic processes of metal working as they relate to making jewelry, objects of use such as vases and boxes, and small three-dimensional designs. It encourages exploration of a wide range of projects to discover areas of special interest for creative development. It includes soldering, bending, casting and stone-setting techniques. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 103 or FA 104 . FA 102 is recommended.
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FA 206 Introduction to Graphic Design
This course is an introduction to techniques and process associated with the graphic design industry. Students develop traditional hand techniques as well as computer skills, including the use of Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop to form the necessary technical skills needed in the production process. This course is intended to provide a firm base of technical skill that may be augmented later through the development of applied theoretical interests. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 103 or FA 104 and recommended FA 270 .
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FA 208 Photography I
(3 credits)
This course is an introduction to the medium of photography covering the materials, processes, history and aesthetics of black and white photography. It emphasizes the essentials of 35mm camera operation, meter reading, film processing, paper development and portfolio preparation. It introduces the photographic image as a means of personal expression through the use of the camera, light sensitive material, technical expertise and mind’s eye. Six critique, lecture and studio hours weekly, plus independent work. This course is a prerequisite for all upper-level photography courses.
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FA 209 Photo-Journalism
This course is an exploration of the aesthetics and the methodology of photojournalism as an expressive and persuasive form of communication. Concentration is on the building of a coherent set of images revealing the photographer’s stance toward the world, whether political, psychological or aesthetic. It includes assignments in black and white (film), color negative film with digital output, digital capture, portfolio reviews, slide presentations and readings. It develops the aesthetic and practical skills needed to prepare for, approach and complete a documentary project. Six critique, lecture and studio hours weekly, plus independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 208
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FA 210 Painting II
Studio work emphasizes continued development of perceptual vision. Subjects include still life, landscape and the figure. Emphasis is placed on individual solutions to problems posed by the instructor or developed by the student. Three-critique and lecture hours weekly plus independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 200 .
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FA 211 Painting III
This course emphasizes the further understanding of theoretical aspects of painting. Students explore in theory and in practice different attitudes in painting, which include abstraction, as well as idea, concept and thematic approaches. This course is the bridge that is designed to help students to make the transition to a more personal and individual way of working. Three-critique and lecture hours weekly plus independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 210 .
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FA 213 Figure Painting
The course is designed to introduce students to the practice of Figure Painting. Students work strictly from observation of the live model. Emphasis is placed on working quickly and with authority as a means to encourage risk taking and experimentation as a path to quality. Students work from the premise of “vague to vivid.”
Prerequisite: FA 304 and FA 200 .
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FA 220 Printmaking II (Screen Printing)
This course is an exploration of screen processes—tusche, cut film and photographic—and other printmaking techniques. It provides a historical focus for 20th century printmaking. It emphasizes the development of style and image in the context of the screen medium. It encourages the manipulation of color formally and expressively. Ii includes fieldtrips to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Print Club and area galleries. Six critique, lecture and studio hours weekly, plus independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 103 ; or permission of the instructor.
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FA 222 Printmaking III (New Forms)
This course is an exploration of innovative and multifaceted directions in printmaking, combining print media with other creative forms. It presents a wide range of methods and processes for exploration, including papermaking and casting, three-dimensional and constructed prints, color Xerox, multi-plate collagraph and monoprint. It combines extensive review of contemporary directions with trips to the Print Club, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and area galleries. Six-critique and studio hours weekly plus independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 102 or FA 103 ; or permission of the instructor.
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FA 226 Illustration I
An introduction to art in a commercial context, this course explores various techniques and materials used historically by applied artists as well as by contemporary illustrators. The development of concepts and design through the use of both black and white and color is emphasized. Six-critique and studio hours weekly plus independent work.
Offered in odd years.
Prerequisite: FA 103 , FA 104 , and FA 105 .
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FA 228 Children’s Book Illustration
Combining academic and studio elements, this course encourages students to focus on the processes through which children’s books are created, including examining age-group characteristics, generating ideas and developing style. The history of children’s books and their illustrations are analyzed. Studio and/or written assignments involve following an illustrated book from concept to publication. Classroom activities are supplemented by fieldtrips and presentation by guest artists.
Offered in even years.
Prerequisite: FA 103 , FA 104 , and FA 105 .
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FA 229 The Artist and the Exhibition: Gallery Practicum
Distinct from the creation of works of art, the logistics of presenting art—from proper construction techniques to the safe conveyance and handling of work and final presentation in an exhibition space—present their own inherit challenges and opportunities for creative problem solving. In this class, students experience these challenges firsthand by mounting actual shows. Utilizing the two recently inaugurated student exhibition spaces, the Judith Taylor Student Gallery in Landman Library, and the Turret Project Space in Murphy Hall, students receive instruction in a workshop format on the construction, preparation, transportation, and exhibition of various two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks. Additionally, students investigate, through class trips, readings and discussions, the transformation of the meaning and theoretical constructs that have surrounded the exhibition space throughout history to understand how these concepts can affect the meaning of work within a gallery and the choices made in how it is displayed.
Prerequisite: FA 102 , FA 103 , at least one 100-or 200-level studio art course.
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FA 230 Ceramics II
This course explores a wide variety of clays, glazes, firing processes, and construction techniques, including mold making and wheel throwing. It incorporates the exploration and formulation of glaze for use in a variety of kiln environments including low-fire, high-fire, and salt glazing. Clay bodies include earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and others. The course emphasizes research into historical ceramics. It includes visual presentations that focus on historical and contemporary ceramics. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 204 .
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FA 231 Ceramics III
Continuation of FA 230 . This course is designed to foster greater independence and further develop a personal approach to the medium. Assignments are devised to allow for the greatest possible variation in interpretation. Through readings dealing with contemporary art and ceramics art criticism, the course emphasizes the development of a contextual base for the creative process. It includes visual presentations that focus on contemporary ceramics, sculpture, and installation. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 230 .
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FA 240 Metals and Jewelry II
Development of the creative use of metals through advanced techniques in the production of jewelry, singly and in quantity, this course emphasizes enrichment of aesthetic possibilities. It includes methods of surface embellishment and Combination of materials. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 205 .
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FA 241 Metals and Jewelry III
Continuation of FA 240 . This course provides opportunity for semi-independent work on metals and jewelry projects of special interest. It covers experience in shop management, production techniques, and business and market practices. It includes portfolio preparation. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 240 .
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FA 250 Graphic Design I (Typography)
An introduction to typography and typographic principles through applied and experimental projects, this course is a wide-ranging exploration of type and communication intended to provide an historical, sociopolitical and aesthetic base for the practice of typography and further studies in graphic design.
Prerequisite: FA 206 and FA 270 , or permission of the instructor.
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FA 251 Graphic Design II (Interactive Design)
An introduction into Web-based and interactive design, the course focuses on communication skills by exploring the various modes and techniques of interactive media such as web sites, interface design, and tablet and portable device interfacesSoftware and languages include Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 206 , FA 250 and FA 270 or permission of instructor.
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FA 260 Interior I (Planning and Presentation)
Beginning with a residential design problem, study the ways to approach, evaluate, analyze and synthesize information to solve a given design problem. This course emphasizes the development of solutions within the framework of plans, elevations, sections and models. It introduces graphic techniques and includes field trips to design resource centers. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 263 and FA 265
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FA 261 Interior II (Materials and Methods)
Continuation of FA 260 . This course studies the properties and application of building materials and finishes in relation to interior space, together with interpretations of architectural drawings. It emphasizes the manipulation of space and form. It introduces commercial office space planning, as well as hospitality design. Professionals in the field are invited to lecture as well as jury final presentations. Six studio hours weekly and independent work.
Prerequisite: FA 260 and FA 262 .
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FA 262 Digital Drawing for Interior Design
This course is an exploration of the latest technology in computer-aided design and drafting specifically for the fields of interior design and architecture. The course covers fundamental skills necessary to create computer-generated drawings using 2 and 3Dl software packages. This course works in tandem with FA 260 .
Prerequisite: FA 263 or equivalent interior design or digital drawing experience.
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