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English

correspondenceENGL 0: English Composition and Grammar

Self-paced Correspondence

ENGL 0 is a basic course in English that presupposes no previous study of either composition or grammar. Its purpose is to increase awareness of language, to provide skills necessary for effective writing, and to clarify common trouble spots in grammar and mechanics. The course is flexible enough to serve students just beginning high school, someone needing a college preparatory refresher course, or adults seeking a review of fundamental English for their own satisfaction.

  • Instructor: Lisa Klotz, PhD
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Credit Hours: noncredit
  • Fee: $750.00
  • Submitted Assignments: 15
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

  • Page and Taggart, Checkpoints: Developing College English Skills, 5th edition (2003)

You may purchase the textbook at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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ENGL 101: English Composition and Rhetoric

Self-paced Correspondence

This course emphasizes the writing of effective paragraphs and their combination into longer papers, culminating in a study of the research paper. Coincidental to the development of writing facility will be the development of improved skills in the close reading of essays.

  • Instructor: Stephanie Morgan, MA
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 19
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Texts

  • Kane and Peters, Writing Prose: Techniques and Purposes, 6th edition (1986)
  • Heffernan, Lincoln, and Atwill, Writing: A College Handbook, 5th edition (2001)

Optional

  • American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd college edition (1997)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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ENGL 102: English Composition and Rhetoric

Self-paced Correspondence

ENGL 102 teaches the main components of argument. Students learn to read a variety of arguments closely and critically to evaluate and judge the effectiveness of the argument. They also learn to write a persuasive argument with a clear purpose and appropriate support.

  • Instructor: Lisa Klotz, PhD
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 17
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 101
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Texts

  • Rosen and Behrens, The Allyn and Bacon Handbook, 5th edition (2003)
  • Rottenburg, Elements of Argument: A Text and Reader, 7th edition (2003)
  • Chopin, The Awakening and Selected Stories, edited by Sandra Gilbert (1984)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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ENGL 120: British Literature: Chaucer to Pope

Self-paced Correspondence

This course is temporarily closed to enrollment. ENGL 120 is a survey of English literature from about 1385 to 1745. It considers the main historical, philosophical, and aesthetic currents at work during the period, and studies the effects of these currents on a number of great literary works. It also helps students develop critical-thinking skills so they might increase their understanding and appreciation of all literature.

  • Instructor: James Barnes, Jr., PhD
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 23
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor
  • A sample course syllabus is not yet available.

Required Text

  • Abrams, et al., Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume I, 7th edition (2000)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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correspondenceENGL 124: Contemporary Literature

Self-paced Online or Correspondence

Freshman and sophomore elective, open to juniors and seniors. The literature of the present generation.

  • Instructor: James Barnes, Jr., PhD
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 8
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor
  • View a sample course syllabus for the correspondence course.
  • View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

Required Texts

  • Atwan, Best American Essays (2000)
  • Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (1998)
  • Edson, Wit (1999)
  • Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars (1995)
  • Kingsolver, Best American Short Stories (2001)
  • Morrison, Sula (2002)
  • Salzman, Lying Awake (2001)
  • Stoppard, The Real Thing (2000)
  • Strand, Contemporary American Poets (2000)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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onlineENGL 130: Introduction to Fiction Writing

Self-paced Online or Correspondence

Students study the practice of basic fiction techniques and write numerous short papers as well as one complete story. Students read and analyze literary stories by well-known writers. Each student keeps a journal. NOTE: Because of the creative nature of the work in this course, both on the part of the student and the instructor, students should not take it under pressure of receiving credit by a specific deadline. This course has no final exam. Students interested in the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill should not take this course and should refer to the Creative Writing Program.

  • Instructor: Richard Krawiec, MA
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 9
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor
  • View a sample course syllabus for the correspondence course.
  • View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

Required Texts

  • Cassill and Bausch, Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 7th edition (2005), ISBN 0-393-92611-1
  • Burroway, Writing Fiction, 7th edition (2007), ISBN 0-321-27736-8

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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ENGL 206: Intermediate Fiction Writing

Self-paced Online or Correspondence

The course builds on the short story writing skills introduced in ENGL 130. Exercises allow students to develop the beginning, middle, and end of stories, to work with imagery, and to listen for their own voice and style. In addition to these exercises, students write two complete short stories and revise one. NOTE: Because of the creative nature of the work in this course, both on the part of the student and the instructor, students should not take it under pressure of receiving credit by a specific deadline. This course has no final exam. Students interested in the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill should not take this course and should refer to the Creative Writing Program.

  • Instructor: Richard Krawiec, MA
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 9
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 130 or permission of the instructor
  • View a sample course syllabus for the correspondence course.
  • View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

Required Texts

  • Burroway, Writing Fiction, 7th edition (2007), ISBN 0-321-27736-8
  • Cassill, Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 7th edition (2005), ISBN 0-393-92611-1

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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ENGL 252: Survey of English Literature II

Self-paced Online

English 252 focuses on three literary periods: The Romantic Revolution, The Age of Victoria, and The Post-Victorian Wasteland.

  • Instructor: Brent Kinser
  • Credit-granting Institution: Western Carolina University
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 5
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

  • Greenblatt, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2, 8th edition (2006)

Optional text

  • Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition (2003)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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ENGL 300: Foundations of Composition

Self-paced Correspondence

ENGL 300 provides a variety of exercises and lessons that will enable students to grasp the fundamentals of writing and apply those fundamentals to relevant assignments. The course will help students develop skills needed to describe and assess their individual writing processes and compose and assess finished, relevant pieces of writing. The course has no final exam.

  • Instructor: Marsha Lee Baker, PhD
  • Credit-granting Institution: Western Carolina University
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 20
  • View a sample course syllabus.

Required Texts

  • Elbow and Belanoff, Being A Writer (2003), customized for Western Carolina University
  • Ruszkiewicz, Hairston, and Seward, SF Writer, 3rd edition (2005)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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ENGL 304: Advanced Composition: Business Writing

Self-paced Online or Correspondence

The correspondence version of this course is temporarily closed to new enrollments. The online version is open. This course teaches the skills of effective business communication. It is intended for students who have completed two college-level composition courses. The course's introductory unit reviews grammar and focuses on fundamental business writing strategies. The second unit asks the student to apply the skills acquired in Unit 1 to specific types of business documents, including information and positive messages, negative messages, persuasive messages, sales and fund-raising letters, and job-search documents. The third unit guides the student through the process of creating a substantial business report.

  • Instructor: Kelly Ross, MA
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 10
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor
  • View a sample course syllabus for the online course.
  • A sample course syllabus for the correspondence version is not yet available.

Required Texts

  • Locker, Business and Administrative Communication, 7th edition (2006). It is highly recommended (but not required) that students purchase a new textbook in order to have access to the publisher’s textbook companion Web site.
  • American Heritage Dictionary (or any comparable dictionary that includes synonymies—short paragraphs that discriminate between words that are close in meaning)

Optional texts

  • Shultz, The Elements of Electronic Communication (2000)
  • Hacker, A Writer's Reference, 4th edition (2000)
  • Faigley, The Longman Guide to the Web (2000)

You may purchase the textbooks at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

Required Software

  • Microsoft Word

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altonlineENGL 313: Grammar of Current English

Self-paced Online or Correspondence

This course is a study of modern English grammar (traditional, structural, and transformational) with special attention to such current problems as the confusion of grammatical terminology, attacks on traditional rules, and conflict between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. The course is designed for prospective English teachers, but others may take it.

  • Instructor: Mark Canada, PhD
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 6
  • View a sample course syllabus for the correspondence course.
  • View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

Required Text

  • Kolln and Funk, Understanding English, 7th edition (2005)
  • A hardback college dictionary, such as the American Heritage College Dictionary

You may purchase the textbook at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

Special Course Requirement

This course includes three oral exams. Students will be required to call the instructor (in Pembroke, North Carolina) at a prearranged time to take exams. Long-distance costs will be the responsibility of the student.

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ENGL 406: Advanced Fiction Writing

Self-paced Correspondence

This course is temporarily closed to enrollment. This course seeks to discover and develop students' creative writing abilities in the planning and preparing of five short stories. This course has no final exam. Meets UNC-Chapel Hill General Education Requirements. Because of the creative nature of the work in this course, both on the part of the student and the instructor, students are advised not to take it under pressure of receiving credit by a specific deadline. The tuition for the course should not be paid and the application should not be submitted until the instructor has approved the student for enrollment. Applicants should send a sample manuscript of their work to Self-paced Courses for the instructor's consideration. An evaluation fee of $5.00 should be included. The instructor will also advise the student of the appropriate course of study based on the manuscript. Students may take this course once for academic credit. With permission of the instructor, students may enroll again on a not-for-credit basis. Students interested in the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill should not take this course and should refer to the Creative Writing Program.

  • Instructor: Nic Brown
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: 5
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 206 and permission of the instructor
  • A sample course syllabus is not yet available.

Required Text

  • None

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ENGL 407: Advanced Poetry Writing

Self-paced Correspondence

There are no set assignments, but the student accomplishes the equivalent of three semester hours' work in a tutorial relationship with the instructor. Meets UNC-Chapel Hill General Education Requirements. This course has no final exam. Because of the creative nature of the work in this course, both on the part of the student and the instructor, students are advised not to take it under pressure of receiving credit by a specific deadline. The tuition for the course should not be paid and the application should not be submitted until the instructor has approved the student for enrollment. Applicants should send a sample manuscript of their work to Self-paced Courses for the instructor's consideration. An evaluation fee of $5.00 should be included. The instructor will also advise the student of the appropriate course of study based on the manuscript. Students interested in the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill should not take this course and should refer to the Creative Writing Program.

  • Instructor: John Crutchfield
  • Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Submitted Assignments: varies
  • Prerequisite: ENGL 207 and permission of instructor
  • There is no course syllabus for this course. See course description above.

Required Text

  • None

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ENGL 3880: Writing for Business and Industry

Self-paced Online or Correspondence

ENGL 3880 is designed to help you learn basic strategies and skills for responding to a variety of communication situations, write responsibly, professionally, and ethically, realize the importance of creative problem-solving, and recognize the needs of your multiple and diverse audiences. The course has no final exam.

  • Instructor: Michelle Eble, PhD
  • Credit-granting Institution: East Carolina University
  • Credit Hours: 3, lower level
  • Submitted Assignments: 10
  • View a sample course syllabus for the correspondence course.
  • View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

Required Text

  • Allen, Writing in the Workplace (1998)

You may purchase the textbook at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. 

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