Annotated List of Courses Related to History and English Language Arts
taken at North Carolina State University
Annotated List of Classes
Evidence that demonstrates content knowledge in the area of English Language Arts:
·ENG 101- Academic Writing Research
Spring – 08
This course reflected an intensive instruction in academic writing and research focusing on the basic principles of rhetoric and strategies for academic inquiry and argument. Instruction and practice in critical reading included the generative and responsible use of print and electronic sources for academic research. Attention was placed on grammar and conventions of standard written English in order to lay the foundation for further writing development. This course, taken my freshman year, was a stepping stone for my other English Language Arts courses taken at NCSU.
·ENG 448 – African American Literature
Fall – 10
Survey of African-American literature and its relationships to American culture, with an emphasis on fiction and poetry since 1945. Writers such as Bontemps, Morrison, Huston, Baldwin, Hayden, Brooks, Naylor, Harper, and Dove.
·ENG 248 – Survey of African American Literature
Summer1 – ‘10
African-American writing and its relationships to American culture and history. Covers such writers as Wheatley, Douglass, Chesnutt, Dunbar, DuBois, Hughes, Hurston, Wright, and Morrison.
·ENG 252 – Major American Writers
Fall – ‘11
Significant American authors chosen from among such figures as Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Stowe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Frost, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Morrison.
·ENG 261 – English Literature I
Summer1 – ‘12
A survey of English literature to 1660, including Old English, Middle English, and Renaissance writing, focusing on such central authors as Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, and Milton.
·ENG 209 – Introduction Shakespeare
Summer1 – ‘12
Shakespeare for non-English majors. Seven to ten major plays, including representative comedies, such as The Taming of the Shrew; histories, such as Richard III; tragedies, such as Hamlet; and romances, such as The Tempest.
·ENG 210 – Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Spring – ’11
Linguistics theory and method. Topics include the English sound system, morphology, syntactic structure, semantics, and historical and contemporary dialect variation. Language acquisition, language and the brain, and computer processing and human language.
Evidence that demonstrates content knowledge in the area of Social Studies:
·HI 252 – Modern American History
Spring- '10
Themes in modern American history: impact of war on American foreign and domestic policy; the repercussions of industrialization and economic modernization; continuity and change in American institutions and values; problem solving in pluralistic society.
·ARE 201- Intro AG Res Economics
Fall- '12
Introduction to economic principles of marginal benefits and costs with application to consumer and producer decisions. Functions of market exchange systems in determining prices and quantities and creation of wealth
·HI 208 – The Middle Ages
Spring- '12
Medieval civilization as it emerged from the declining Roman Empire through its apogee in the 13th century. The transition from the classical to the medieval world, the impact of the Germanic influx, the Islamic influence, the Crusades, and the political, economic, and social institutions of the High Middle Ages.
·HI 364– History of North Carolina
History of North Carolina from early European exploration to the present. Features of North Carolina society which made this state similar to and different from other southern states and the nation as a whole.
Fall- '10
·HI 276– History of West Africa
Fall-'11
The history of Western Africa. Forest civilizations and the slave trade, trade and the expansion of Islam, colonialism in West Africa; African nationalism and the achievement of independence; and postcolonial West Africa.
·ANT 252– Cultural Anthropology
Fall-'09
Comparative study of contemporary human culture, social institutions and processes that influence behavior. The range of human cultural variation shown throughout the world, including the student's own cultural system.
·PS 201Q – Intro to American Government
Spring-'09
Analysis of American political institutions and processes, including the constitution, political culture, campaigns and elections, political parties, interest groups, the media, the president, congress, the federal courts, and public policy.
·COM 112 – Interpersonal Communications
Fall-'08
Interpersonal communication competence: self-concept, self-disclosure, active listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, and conflict management.
·ENG 101- Academic Writing Research
Spring – 08
This course reflected an intensive instruction in academic writing and research focusing on the basic principles of rhetoric and strategies for academic inquiry and argument. Instruction and practice in critical reading included the generative and responsible use of print and electronic sources for academic research. Attention was placed on grammar and conventions of standard written English in order to lay the foundation for further writing development. This course, taken my freshman year, was a stepping stone for my other English Language Arts courses taken at NCSU.
·ENG 448 – African American Literature
Fall – 10
Survey of African-American literature and its relationships to American culture, with an emphasis on fiction and poetry since 1945. Writers such as Bontemps, Morrison, Huston, Baldwin, Hayden, Brooks, Naylor, Harper, and Dove.
·ENG 248 – Survey of African American Literature
Summer1 – ‘10
African-American writing and its relationships to American culture and history. Covers such writers as Wheatley, Douglass, Chesnutt, Dunbar, DuBois, Hughes, Hurston, Wright, and Morrison.
·ENG 252 – Major American Writers
Fall – ‘11
Significant American authors chosen from among such figures as Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Stowe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Frost, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Morrison.
·ENG 261 – English Literature I
Summer1 – ‘12
A survey of English literature to 1660, including Old English, Middle English, and Renaissance writing, focusing on such central authors as Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, and Milton.
·ENG 209 – Introduction Shakespeare
Summer1 – ‘12
Shakespeare for non-English majors. Seven to ten major plays, including representative comedies, such as The Taming of the Shrew; histories, such as Richard III; tragedies, such as Hamlet; and romances, such as The Tempest.
·ENG 210 – Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Spring – ’11
Linguistics theory and method. Topics include the English sound system, morphology, syntactic structure, semantics, and historical and contemporary dialect variation. Language acquisition, language and the brain, and computer processing and human language.
Evidence that demonstrates content knowledge in the area of Social Studies:
·HI 252 – Modern American History
Spring- '10
Themes in modern American history: impact of war on American foreign and domestic policy; the repercussions of industrialization and economic modernization; continuity and change in American institutions and values; problem solving in pluralistic society.
·ARE 201- Intro AG Res Economics
Fall- '12
Introduction to economic principles of marginal benefits and costs with application to consumer and producer decisions. Functions of market exchange systems in determining prices and quantities and creation of wealth
·HI 208 – The Middle Ages
Spring- '12
Medieval civilization as it emerged from the declining Roman Empire through its apogee in the 13th century. The transition from the classical to the medieval world, the impact of the Germanic influx, the Islamic influence, the Crusades, and the political, economic, and social institutions of the High Middle Ages.
·HI 364– History of North Carolina
History of North Carolina from early European exploration to the present. Features of North Carolina society which made this state similar to and different from other southern states and the nation as a whole.
Fall- '10
·HI 276– History of West Africa
Fall-'11
The history of Western Africa. Forest civilizations and the slave trade, trade and the expansion of Islam, colonialism in West Africa; African nationalism and the achievement of independence; and postcolonial West Africa.
·ANT 252– Cultural Anthropology
Fall-'09
Comparative study of contemporary human culture, social institutions and processes that influence behavior. The range of human cultural variation shown throughout the world, including the student's own cultural system.
·PS 201Q – Intro to American Government
Spring-'09
Analysis of American political institutions and processes, including the constitution, political culture, campaigns and elections, political parties, interest groups, the media, the president, congress, the federal courts, and public policy.
·COM 112 – Interpersonal Communications
Fall-'08
Interpersonal communication competence: self-concept, self-disclosure, active listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, and conflict management.