Ozarks Technical 
Community College

English 040 prepares the student to enter English 050 by focusing on the foundations of composition and by progressing from sentences to multi-paragraph writing assignments.  Students review writing basics and develop writing skills through application and practice. Students enrolled in English 040 must complete the course with a grade of NC or higher in order to take English 050.

English 101 introduces students to college-level writing and thinking through personal narrative, analytical, and research-supported writing. The processes of critical thinking, composing, revising, and editing are emphasized.  Students will learn basic research skills and documentation techniques.

This course continues the process of learning to write clear, concise, effective prose that was started in Composition I. Students will incorporate the fundamentals of sound research and documentation techniques to a variety of rhetorical situations.

In this course, students read a wide selection of famous literary works from a variety of different cultures and times. The primary characteristics of fiction, poetry, and drama will be introduced, as students analyze the impact of social, cultural, linguistic and historical circumstances upon the literary imagination.

In this course, students read a narrow selection of literary works from a specific author, culture, era or region. The emphasis is on reading for understanding and enjoyment. Course can be repeated up to three times for credit, provided the topic is different each time.

This course is an introduction to the theory, technique, and terminology of short story writing and practical experience in writing in the form.

This course provides an introduction to the theory, technique, and terminology of poetry writing and practical experience in writing in the form.

Representative American Literature, from its beginning to 1870, is studied while the literature is read for understanding and enjoyment. Emphasis is placed on the literary, cultural and social developments of the time periods.

Representative prose and poetry in American Literature from 1870 to the present is studied while reading literature for understanding and enjoyment.  Emphasis is placed on critical literacy study and an overview of the cultural and social development of that period.

Students will read and discuss major works of English nonfiction, fiction, poetry and drama written from 1790 through the present. The impact of the historic and cultural environment upon the literature will be considered as students read for both critical analysis and appreciation.

This course is an examination of literature suitable for preschool through elementary grades, including its development, its writing and publication, storytelling methods and criteria for selection and evaluation.

Students read a wide selection of the greatest literary works ever written, from the beginnings to the 1600s, focusing upon works from Asia, Africa, the Occident and Latin America. The primary characteristics of fiction, poetry and drama will be introduced, as students analyze the impact of social, cultural, political, linguistic and historical circumstances upon the literary imagination throughout the ages.

Students read a wide selection of the greatest literary works ever written, from the 1600s to the present, focusing upon works from Asia, Africa, the Occident and Latin America. The primary characteristics of fiction, poetry and drama will be introduced, as students analyze the impact of social, cultural, political, linguistic and historical circumstances upon the literary imagination throughout the ages.