English

English

  • Professor Gobin, Chair
  • Professors Brown, Hurlow, Strait, Vincent
  • Assistant Professor Jenkins
  • Instructor Fleenor

The Department of English has a central role in Asbury College’s objective of the integration of faith and learning. Fundamental to the growth of any student is the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written forms.

Additionally, instructors endeavor to encourage student appreciation for literature as an aesthetic discipline affirming humanity’s quest for increased knowledge of itself and its world. Literature is a witness to the full gamut of human needs, joys, longings, and conflicts and thus serves as a witness to the spiritual dimension within mankind. Concurrently, the Department seeks to assist students in developing a Christian worldview through an integration of historical and Biblical perspectives that, in turn, foster a more cogent articulation of a Christian value system to the modern world.


ENGLISH COMPOSITION


A. Policy

1. Students must complete ENG 110 or ENG 251 to satisfy the general education requirement in composition.

2. Students are placed in English Composition based upon their ACT/SAT English scores according to the following scale:


ACT/SAT ENGLISH SCORE ENGLISH COMPOSITION PLACEMENT

21/500 or less ENG 100 Introduction to Composition

22/510 – 26/650 ENG 110 Exposition and Research

27/660 or higher ENG 251 Advanced Exposition and Research


3. Students placed in ENG 100 must complete ENG 100 before enrolling in ENG 110.

4. Students assigned to ENG 100 will be enrolled concurrently in the Writing Center’s tutorial program.


B. Diagnostic Testing

1. The following categories of students must take a composition diagnostic test during orientation:

a. Students who apply to Asbury with a GED;

b. Students who apply without having taken ACT/SAT testing;

c. Students who transfer from another institution without ACT/SAT scores and without credit for English composition;

2. Performance on this test will affect placement in composition courses and enrollment in the Writing Center. Students will be notified of the test results through their advisors.


C. The Writing Center

The Writing Center, a service of the English Department, helps students, from

all disciplines and at all levels of proficiency, improve their writing skills

through individual sessions with competent staff. As trained peer readers,

Writing Center staff can help students understand grammatical and usage

principles and help them better plan, revise, and edit their own writing.

Although some students are required to enroll in the Writing Center Tutoring Program, any student may take advantage of the Writing Center's services free

of charge.


C. S. LEWIS UNDERGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAM

The C. S. Lewis Study Undergraduate Study Center at Asbury College offers three courses devoted to the thought and writings of Lewis as well as other lectures and events open to the entire student body. The classes are PHL 293 Philosophy of C. S. Lewis, ENG 423 C. S. Lewis and the Oxford Circle, and ENG 391 Independent Study (which may focus on additional writings of Lewis). The program offers C. S. Lewis Scholarships on a competitive basis to incoming freshmen. (Dr. Devin Brown. Director)

 

CREATIVE WRITING (39 hour major + general education + electives)

BM 300; ENG 230, 351, 352, 403, 434, 450; ENG 231 or 232; ENG 301 or 302; ENG 353 or FS 350; JRN 302 or 390; 6 hours from ENG 311, 322, 342, 360, 361, 382, 393, 401, 432; 3 hours from ENG 331, 332, 362, 393, 431.

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ENGLISH (36 hour major + general education + electives)

ENG 230, 231, 232, 301, 302, 332, 431; 3 hours from Group I (311, 312, 322, 342, 382); 3 hours from Group II (412, 441, 451); 3 hours from Group III (401, 432, 434); 6 hours from 300 or 400 ENG electives, excluding ENG 335, 336, 360, 361, 402).

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ENGLISH GRADES 8-12 (79 hour major + general education + electives)

ED 200, 210, 220, 240, 320, 385, 405, 410, 420, 470; ENG 230, 231, 232, 250, 301, 302, 331, 332, 361, 431; 9 hours from ENG 311, 312, 322, 342, 362, 382, 393, 401, 412, 423, 432, 434, 441, 451; 3 hours from BM 300, COM 240, 262, 331, ENG 200, 351, 352; JRN 211, 332, 411; THA 221, 382.

ENGLISH & COMMUNICATION MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION (24 hour minor)

ENG 230, 231, 232, 250, 301, 302, 331, 361.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (18 hour minor; 2 years and summer school enrollment)

ENG 200, 331, 335, 336, 402, ED 418

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE P-12 (15 hour endorsement; education majors only)

ENG 200, 331, 335, 336; ED 418

LITERATURE (21 hour minor)

ENG 230; 6 hours from ENG 231, 232, 301, 302; 12 hours of ENG, 200 level or above (not Gen. Ed. Courses). (The Literature minor may not be completed by ENG or ENGE majors.)

WRITING (21 hour minor)

BM 300, ENG 230, 351, 352; JRN 390; 6 hours from ENG 231, 232, 301, 302. (The Writing minor may not be completed by ENG or ENGE majors or LIT minors.)