Students in this practicum experience work collaboratively to create Viterbos journal of first-year writing, Backspace. Through working on this project, students build skills in professional communication, editing, and document and magazine design. Required for first-year English majors but open to English minors as well. May not be repeated for credit.

This accelerated first-year writing course develops students skills in college-level analysis and argument. In addition to critically reading literary and expository texts, students work in small group workshops to write literary analyses, researched arguments, and multimodal compositions. Grade of C required to pass. Placement into this course requires an ACT English score of 23 or higher. WCI, IL

The second of two required first-year composition courses in the core curriculum, ENGL 104 builds on the skills established in ENGL 103. Students focus on reading a variety of texts, writing arguments, and incorporating research. They are also introduced to the fundamentals of multimodal composition, which culminates in a final project of their choosing. Prerequisite to all other English classes. Grade of C required to pass the course. Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in 103 or transfer placement. WCI, IL

In this introduction to college writing, students learn to read closely to summarize, analyze, and respond to literary texts and relevant scholarship. Students also practice the basic conventions of college essay writing, including crafting a thesis, organizing evidence, and achieving sentence-level effectiveness. By semesters end, students write a thesis-driven literary analysis supported by library research. Placement into this course requires an ACT English score of 18-22. Grade of C required to pass the course. Prerequisite to ENGL 104. WCI, IL

Student orally defends their dissertation. They revise their dissertation to respond to comments from their committee and submit their final, revised dissertation. Requires permission of dissertation chair and/or Program Director. Prerequisite: 772. Graded CR/NC.

Suuports and guides students in the development and completion of their dissertation. The dissertation is a relevant scholarly contribution, designed and conducted under the supervision of a research committee. 1-8 credits per advisor approval. Prerequisites: 714, 742. Prerequisite or concurrent: 743, 744. Graded CR/NC.

Students will complete an advisor approved consulting project and/or internship. Students consider the role of learning in leadership. Graded CR/NC.

Supports and guides students in the development of their dissertation proposal. Students complete and defend their dissertation proposal with the support of their committee. When applicable, students will initiate an IRB application. Graded CR/NC.

Supports and guides students in the development of their dissertation proposal. Committee members support students in working on their introduction, literature review, and data collection plan for their dissertation. Students write and pass a methodology-related qualifying examination. Graded CR/NC.

Supports and guides students in the development of their dissertation proposal. Students will develop their Research Question(s), complete IRB training, form a dissertation committee, and write and pass a content-related qualifying examination. Graded CR/NC.