English 101 is prescribed for all freshmen in an Associate in Arts degree program. Students whose records and tests indicate the need for review in the fundamentals of language will be assigned to the appropriate reading or writing courses. Students placed in ENG 098-099 must demonstrate college level writing competence before they may enroll in English 101. Students placed in reading courses may take English 101 concurrently. Students are not allowed to enroll in ENG 102 or ENG 122 unless developmental reading courses are completed.

Nonnative students whose tests indicate insufficient fluency in English are required to take courses for speakers of other languages; these courses are offered in the Institute for Intensive English. The Academic Learning Center located on the second floor of MacKay Library (Cranford) provides individual and small group tutoring, peer editing, and access to word processors. Academic Learning Centers are also located in Elizabeth and Plainfield.

ENG 026-035
Mini Courses in Advanced Reading and Study Strategies
Courses meet three hours a week for five weeks. 1 credit for each.

ENG 026
Studying Efficiently
Emphasis on becoming a more active learner. The student investigates the principles of time management and organized study reading, lecture note taking, and test preparation. Direct application to the student's course is stressed.

ENG 027
Reading Critically
A sharpening of the student's ability to recognize reasoning; to discern between facts, inferences, and opinions, to determine an author's purpose, tone, assumptions, conclusions; to appraise the validity of data and its relevance to the central theses.

ENG 028
Improving Vocabulary
Investigation of various principles of vocabulary building, including the use of context clues to derive meaning and the value of common prefixes, roots, and suffixes in structural analysis. Each student formulates an individual plan for continuing vocabulary improvement.

ENG 030
Listening and Lecture Note Taking
A study of efficient and critical listening. The student considers ways to recognize the main questions being explored, the significant details, the speaker's purpose, point of view, inferences, assumptions, and ways to organize and integrate lecture notes for efficient study.

ENG 031
Remembering and Test Taking
A review of the important study principles that help the student assimilate material and prepare most efficiently for tests. The student also explores some of the success factors involved in taking essay and objective tests.

ENG 035
Speed Reading
An advanced reading course designed to improve the fluent reader's rate of comprehension and to develop greater flexibility of rate suited to purpose. Techniques of skimming, scanning, study reading, and critical reading are included. Intensive practice is required.

ENG 087
Introduction to Language Arts
Introduction to Language Arts is a preparatory Basic Studies Program course designed to create a context for developmental reading and writing. The primary objectives of the course are to develop in the students the ability to manage time relevant to the requirements of ENG 088 and ENG 098, to assimilate diverse educational materials centered on a theme, and to assist in the expression of their ideas, both written and oral. 6 lecture hours per week. 6 credit hours.

ENG 088
Introduction to College Reading I
Part of a multi-semester sequence designed to help the student whose reading ability indicates the need for concentrated involvement in the reading process, particularly to improve comprehension, critical reading and vocabulary. 4 lecture hours per week. 4 credit hours.

ENG 089
Introduction to College Reading II
Highest level of a multi-semester sequence providing intensive involvement in the reading process. 4 lecture hours per week. 4 credit hours.

ENG 098
Introduction to College Writing I
Part of a multi-semester sequence designed to help the student whose writing indicates the need for concentrated attention and practice with the process of language use. Particular attention is given to producing compositions that have sufficient information. 4 lecture hours per week. 4 credit hours.

ENG 099
Introduction to College Writing II
Highest level of a multi-semester sequence providing intensive involvement in the writing process. 4 lecture hours per week. 4 credit hours.

ENG 101
English Composition I
First half of a two-semester sequence, completed by either ENG 102 or ENG 122 or required by program of study, which focuses on the development of the student's skill in writing expository prose. Prerequisite: ENG 098. 3 lecture hours and 1 conference hour per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 102
English Composition II
Second half of a two-semester sequence, which focuses on the continued development of the student's skill in writing expository prose as well as an introduction to literature. Prerequisite: ENG 088, ENG 098, ENG 101. 3 lecture hours and 1 conference hour per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 111
English Composition for Speakers of Other Languages I
This course is the first semester of a two-semester sequence of college composition for students whose first language is not English. The sequence serves in lieu of the foreign language requirement and as a substitute for ENG 101 for nonnative speakers of English. Prerequisite: ESL 065 and ESL 092 or ESL Placement Test. 3 lecture hours and 1 conference hour per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 112
English Composition for Speakers of Other Languages II
This course is the second semester of a two-semester sequence of college composition for students whose first language is not English. The sequence serves in lieu of the foreign language requirement and as a substitute for ENG 101 for nonnative speakers of English. Prerequisite: ENG 111 and ESL 082. 3 lecture hours and 1 conference hour per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 122
Introductory Technical and Business Writing
Second half of a two-semester sequence, with focus on the types of writing used in business and industry, including process analysis, mechanism descriptions, summaries, proposals, research projects, letters, memoranda and resumes. Prerequisite: ENG 088, ENG 098. 3 lecture hours and 1 conference hour per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 128
The Dynamics of Communication
The study of human relationships with emphasis on communication as a process.  Topics covered will include self-concept, perception, listening, language, assertiveness, and conflict resolution and their roles in human relationships. Communication concepts will be supplemented by classroom exercises. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 129
Public Speaking
Instruction and practice in oral communication.  Course includes training in impromptu and extemporaneous speaking, logical organization of material, methods proof, persuasion, audience analysis, techniques of delivery, and fundamentals of group discussion and debate. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 201
Literature of the Western World I
A survey of the major periods in the development of Western literature from ancient Greece and Rome through the Medieval era, with an emphasis on the major figures such as: Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Virgil, Paul, Augustine, Dante, and Chaucer. The place of literature in the social and political history of the West will also be explored. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENGH 201
Literature of the Western World I
For Honors Program Students: A survey of the major periods in the development of Western literature from ancient Greece to the Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the major figures: Sophocles, Plato, Dante. The place of literature in the social and political history of the West will also be explored. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 202
Literature of the Western World II
A survey of the major periods in the development of Western literature from the Renaissance to the postmodern with an emphasis on the major figures such as Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Goethe, Tolstoy, Kafka, Eliot, and Borges. The place of literature in the social and political history of the West will also be explored. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENGH 202
Literature of the Western World II
For Honors Program Students: A survey of the major periods in the development of Western literature from the Renaissance to the present, with an emphasis on the major figures: Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoyevsky. The place of literature in the social and political history of the West will also be explored. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 205
English Literature I
Study of the major English poets and prose writers from Beowulf to Pope and Swift, studied in their historical context and in their aspects of enduring merit. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 206
English Literature II
Study of the major English poets and prose writers from the pre-Romantic poets to the present, studied in their historical context and in their aspects of enduring merit. Prerequisite: ENG 101, 102 and ENG 205. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 207
American Literature I
A survey of major works in American literature from Colonial diarists to Whitman. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 208
American Literature II
A survey of major works in American Literature from Dickinson to the present. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours  per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 209
World Literature I
A study of some of the representative classics of both Western and Eastern literature from antiquity to 1650. Readings may include selections from the Bible, the Greek and Roman classics, Gilgamesh, Confucius and The Mahabharata, The Dhammapada, The Qur'an, the Popol Vuh, Beowulf, Chaucer, as well as Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. Through a study of these texts, students should develop a knowing appreciation of some of the great cultural traditions of the world. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 210
World Literature II
A study of some of the major representative classics of both Western and Eastern literature from 1650 to the present. Readings will include selections from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Oceania, as well as Europe and the Americas. Through a study of the texts from these diverse cultures, students should develop a knowing appreciation of some of the great cultural traditions of the world. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 211
The Literature of Science and Technology
An introduction to works of fiction and non-fiction which deal with scientific and technological themes. Works chosen for reading and discussion will explore such issues as the origin and fate of the universe, the creation of life, the exploration of outer space, and advances in the technology of computers, artificial intelligence, robotics, and lasers. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 216
Contemporary Literature
A study of writers from 1945 to the present, presenting major literary movements and their philosophical implications. Emphasis is on those novelists, playwrights, and poets who represent the contemporary trends in form, content, and style. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 217
Literature and the Arts I
A period study of literature using the fine arts to reveal the artistic environment of each era. The fine arts, films, and other creative media are used to show how artists working in their various disciplines have handled the same themes as those which are read, from Ancient Greece to Impressionism. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122, HIS 101102, or permission of instructor. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 227
African American Literature I
A survey of selected writings by African Americans emphasizing the literary significance of each work and author, studied in its historical and sociological contexts from slave narratives and early folk tradition to the beginnings of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 228
African American Literature II
A survey of the selected writings by African Americans emphasizing the literary significance of each work and author, studied in its historical and sociological contexts from the Harlem renaissance of the 1920s to the resurgent cultural self-consciousness of the 1960s to the present proliferation of African American literature.  Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 235
Introduction to Shakespeare
An introductory study of Shakespeare as poet and dramatist, with close reading of the representative plays. The enduring nature of Shakespeare's ideas is stressed. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 245
Women in Literature I
A study of major female characters in literature from ancient times to the 1900s. The main emphasis is an examination of the changing role of the female through the ages as reflected in literature. Consideration will be given to historical feminist articles in an effort to understand the changing role of the woman in society. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122, 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 246
Women in Literature II
A study of major female characters in great works of literature from the 1900s to present. The main emphasis will be an examination of the changing role of the female as reflected in novels and plays. Consideration will be given to contemporary feminist articles in an effort to understand the image of the woman's role in today's society. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.

ENG 270-289
Themes in Literature
A study of the way one theme (or several related themes) finds embodiment in literature and of the way it influences literary form and structure. Works chosen for reading and discussion express intense concern for a theme such as the adolescent, violence, the hero, the artist as pariah, death, war, or the absurd. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 or 122. 3 lecture hours per week. 3 credit hours.