FRESHMAN REGISTRATION AND FAMILY ORIENTATION

What do I need to know about taking English and Speech?

CST 110 (Public Oral Communication) and ENG 110 (College Writing) are considered skills courses in the General Education curriculum.  So it makes sense that, unless you already have AP or transfer credit for these courses, you enroll in them your first year.  After all, other courses will build on these skills.  Your advisor may have a recommendation only if one is more essential to your major than another.  Otherwise, it’s your choice.

ACT/SAT scores and/or the Wisconsin Regional Placement Test will be used to determine your placement in College Writing.  You won’t know your placement in College Writing until you arrive at Freshman Registration & Family Orientation.  Students with low test scores in English will be required to enroll in ENG 050 (Fundamentals of Composition).  This course must be completed before you have earned 30 credits.  It is only offered in the fall semester.  Your advisor will help you figure out which English writing course you need.  If you are required to take ENG 050, request it for your fall schedule.  If you are not required to complete ENG 050, you should be thinking about whether you want to take College Writing or Public Oral Communication in your first semester. 

ENGLISH COMPOSITION (ENG) AND PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATION (CST)

• Course offered fall 2008

• CST 110 Cr. 3     Literacy

Public Oral Communication

Development of basic public oral communication skills through the process of preparing, presenting, and critically listening to informative and persuasive oral messages. Objectives include reduction of speech anxiety, development of research and critical thinking skills necessary for message construction, development of rehearsal and presentation skills necessary for message delivery, and development of listening skills necessary for competent reception and constructive critical evaluation of information and ideas presented in oral public communication.

• ENG 050 Cr. 3 transcript*

Fundamentals of Composition

English 050 will facilitate fluency in writing. It will prepare students for the writing demands encountered in English 110 and other academic environments. To learn conventions of formal academic writing and to understand and employ effective writing processes and habits are the objectives of this course. Pass/Fail grading.

*  Transcript credit counts toward full-time status but does not count toward graduation.

• ENG 110 Cr. 3     Literacy

College Writing I

An introductory course in composition. The course will emphasize writing practice in various rhetorical modes with focus on all stages of the writing process and writing as a thinking process. (Students who qualify with a grade of “BC” or better in ENG 110 will be exempt from further writing requirements in the General Education skills category but this does not exempt students from the writing emphasis course requirement.) Prerequisite: ENG 050 or equivalent placement.

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NOTE:  If you took a college level course equivalent to ENG 110 and earned a “C” or lower, a 300 level English course will be required. The 300 level course will count as elective credit but will not count  toward the 48 required GE credits.

If you took the AP exam and scored a 3, you will be required to take one of the 300 level English writing courses listed below.  The 300 level course will count as elective credit but will not count  toward the 48 required GE credits.

§ ENG  303               Cr. 3
College Writing II
An advanced course devoted to the theory and practice of expository writing and related rhetorical forms, especially persuasion and argument. Emphasis placed on coherent organization, clear and forceful phrasing, logical thinking and other aspects of effective communication. Prerequisite: ENG 110 and at least sophomore standing. (Not open for credit in the English education major or minors except for credit in the professional writing minor.)  

ENG    304                                        Cr. 3
Writing in the Arts and Humanities
An advanced writing course designed especially for students majoring in the arts and humanities. The course will focus on the types of inquiry and discourse appropriate to these disciplines. Students will be instructed in the rhetorical strategies of invention (that is, discovering content and establishing lines of reasoning, analyzing audience, and determining the writer’s purpose and persona), arrangement and style. Prerequisite: ENG 110 and at least sophomore standing. (Not open for credit in the English education major or minors except for credit in the professional writing minor.)  

§ ENG  305                              Cr. 3
Creative Writing
An advanced course which emphasizes the writing of poetry, short fiction, and analytical-evaluative writing about each of these genres. The course is taught by a practicing and published fiction writer or poet and is intended as the basic course in the creative writing English minor. It is also for those students interested in writing short fiction and/or poems. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses. 

§ ENG  306                              Cr. 3
Writing for Teachers
An advanced writing course open to students who intend to become teachers in any field. This course helps students achieve several goals: understanding and practicing the several steps of the writing process and the various types of writing; exploring the ways in which writing can be a method of learning; strengthening composition skills; developing a “theory of composition” (a set of principles) which will serve students well both as writers and as teachers of writing. Prerequisite: ENG 110 and at least sophomore standing. (Not open for credit in the creative writing minor.) 

§ ENG  307                              Cr. 3
Writing for Management, Public Relations and the Professions 
An advanced course focusing on written communication for relations with clients, boards, organizations, customers, constituents, or the public. Students practice writing as an effective process of gathering and conveying information, answering questions, and solving problems. The course will explore appropriate language, tone, and format for effective letters, memos, news releases, reports, proposals, abstracts, and summaries. There is emphasis on purpose, audience, and clarity. Prerequisite: ENG 110 and at least sophomore standing. (Not open for credit in the English education major or minors except for credit in the professional writing minor.) 

§ ENG  308                              Cr. 3
Technical Writing
An advanced writing course designed for technically oriented students whose career goals require skill in conveying technical information through writing. Students will become acquainted with the types of writing forms and rhetorical styles which they are likely to encounter as professionals and will practice using these styles with technical subjects. Prerequisite: ENG 110 and at least sophomore standing. (Not open for credit in the English education major or minors except for credit in the professional writing minor.) 

§ ENG  309                              Cr. 3
Writing in the Sciences
An advanced writing course for students in the sciences. The course will focus both on the role writing plays in the conduct of scientific work and on the rhetorical and stylistic conventions of the various scientific disciplines: in short, on the relationship between writing and scientific knowledge. Taught through an inquiry process, students will be led to develop their composition skills and understanding as they discover the procedures and conventions of their individual disciplines. Prerequisite: ENG 110 and at least sophomore standing. (Not open for credit in the English education major or minors except for credit in the professional writing minor.)