Annotation of Courses Taken:

ENGLISH:
Academic Writing and Research ENG 101: Intensive instruction in academic writing and research.
Basic principles of rhetoric and strategies for academic inquiry and argument. Instruction and practice in critical reading, including the generative and responsible use of print and electronic sources for academic research. Exploration of literate practices across a range of academic domains, laying the foundation for further writing development in college. Continued attention to grammar and conventions of standard written English.

Argument-Based Research ENG 112: This course, the second in a series of two, introduces research
techniques, documentation styles, and argumentative strategies. Emphasis is placed on analyzing information and ideas and incorporating research findings into documented argumentative essays and research projects. Upon completion, students should be able to summarize, paraphrase, interpret, and synthesize information from primary and secondary sources using standard research format and style.

Contemporary World Lit 1 ENG 223: A writing course based on the study of rhetoric. Readings on
the principles of invention, arrangement, and style; analysis of written texts; writing of persuasive texts for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Language and Gender ENG 327: Introduction to the use of language by men and women. Research
in Linguistics and Women's Studies addressing issues such as the acquisition of gender-differentiated language, gender and conversational interaction, sexism in language, gender issues in society, and the relationship between language, gender, and other social constructs (e.g., class, culture, and ethnicity).

American Literature 1 ENG 265: A survey of American literature from the beginnings to the Civil
War, including such central authors as Edwards, Franklin, Irving, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Thoreau, and Whitman.

English Literature 1 ENG 262: A survey of English literature from 1660 to the present. Poetry,
fiction, drama and intellectual prose by such central writers as Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Bronte, Carlyle, Tennyson, Browning, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce and Eliot.

Language and Writing ENG 328: Study of language structure; specific attention to differences
between spoken and written language; print conventions; error analysis; and the application of linguistics to rhetoric and composition. Analysis of a variety of grammatical approaches; how to evaluate grammar textbooks and compositions.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Early American History HI 251: Themes in early American history: colonial clash and mix of
culture; generation of an American consciousness; federalism and democracy in national politics; expansion and immigration; racial and sectional division.

Principles of Microeconomics EC 201: Scarcity, production possibilities, and opportunity cost.

Supply and demand analysis, free markets, the price system, and government policy. Microeconomic analysis of business decisions in competitive and noncompetitive markets. Labor markets, capital, and natural resource markets, and externalities. Market breakdown, income redistribution, and role of government. Free trade, tariffs, and gains from international trade.

The World Since 1750 HI 233: This course surveys the making of the world from 1750 to the present.
Topics include: the Industrial Revolution, the development of the Nation-States, the rise of European,

American and Japanese Empires, WWI, inter-war reconfigurations of colonial empires, anti-colonial nationalist movements, the Great Depression, the Cold War, struggles for political and economic independence among newly independent nations, the US-dominated neo-liberal order from the 1980s to the present, and contemporary global conflicts over ethnicity, religion, resources, disease, and the environment.

History of North Carolina HI 364: History of North Carolina from early European exploration to the
present. Features of North Carolina society which made this state similar to and different from other southern states and the nation as a whole.

Civil Rights Movement HI 455: The black revolution; stages and leaders of the movement; successes
and failures in the fight for desegregation, the vote, and economic opportunity; impact of Civil Rights movement on the United States.

Cultural Anthropology ANT 252: Comparative study of contemporary human culture, social
institutions and processes that influence behavior. The range of human cultural variation shown throughout the world, including the student's own cultural system.

Social Diversity SOC 225: This course provides a comparison of diverse roles, interests,
opportunities, contributions, and experiences in social life. Topics include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, and religion. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze how cultural and ethnic differences evolve and how they affect personality development, values, and tolerance.

Interpersonal Communications COM 112: Interpersonal communication competence: self-concept,

self-disclosure, active listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, and conflict management.