Students: Undergraduate Information
Course Information: GEC English Courses
- GEC Writing Courses
- GEC Language Courses
- GEC Arts and Humanities Literature Courses
- GEC Arts and Humanities Cultures and Ideas Courses
- GEC Arts and Humanities, Analysis of Texts and Works of Art, Visual/Performing Arts
- GEC Arts and Humanities Literature and Social Diversity Courses
GEC Writing Courses
110 First Year Writing U 5http://english.osu.edu/programs/firstyearwriting/
As part of the three-tiered writing component of the General Education Curriculum, first-year writing courses emphasize ways that writing is a primary element of active, creative learning in literate cultures. These courses provide students with opportunities to practice and reflect critically upon various processes of composing, forms of discourse, and methods of problem-solving, inquiry, and judgment. Further, first-year writing courses provide students with opportunities to engage with others' ideas and to reflect on the institutional and cultural contexts that both constrain and enable meaningful communication with others.
No prereq except when testing determines 052, 053, 106, 107, 109.01, 109.02, 110.03 or EDU T&L 108.01 to be required. Not open to students with credit for 110, 110C, 110L, 110W, H110, 111, H111, or H167. This course is available for EM credit only through the AP program. GEC first writing course.
English 367 is the second of two composition courses that the University requires most undergraduates to take (the first is English 110). Because English 367 is a higher level course (generally taken by students in their second year), it offers texts and ideas that are more challenging and thought-provoking than you would find in a first-year writing course. And because it is writing course, students can expect to build on the skills they learned in the first-year writing course to improve composition, analysis, logical construction of arguments, coherence, and cohesion. The OSU English Department provides roughly thirty courses of English 367 per quarter.
Prereq: 110 or 111 or equiv, a 367 writing course, and a declared English major; Rank 4 students must have permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Not open to students with credit for 302. Required of English majors; enrollment limited to English majors except by permission of dept. GEC third writing course.
398 Critical Writing U 5
English 398, the third composition course for English majors, is the gateway to the English major at The Ohio State University. Read more about English 398 >>>
H398 Honors Critical Writing U 5
Intensive practice in writing various kinds of analyses of literary texts.
2 2-hr cl. Prereq: 110 or 111, a second writing course, English honors major or written permission of instructor. GEC third writing course.
GEC Language Courses
101 American Sign Language I U 5Speaking and listening skills in American Sign Language development at an informal conversational level; instruction occurs primarily in ASL without speech. 2 2-hr cl. GEC for lang course.
102 American Sign Language II U 5
Expands on skills learned in English 101; more complex conversations about self, others, activities; culture and politics of American Deaf Community explored. 2 2-hr cl. Prereq: 101 or equiv. GEC for lang course.
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GEC Arts and Humanities Literature Courses
201 Selected Works of British Literature: Medieval through 1800 U 5An introductory critical study of the works of major British writers from 800 to 1800.
H201 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of department or instructor. Prereq for 201: 110 or 111 or equiv. Prereq for H201: H110 or H111 or equiv or permission of instructor. 201 is required of non-honors English majors. GEC arts and hums lit course.
202 Selected Works of British Literature: 1800 to the Present U 5An introductory critical study of works of major British writers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
H202 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of department or instructor. Prereq for 202: 110 or 111 or equiv. Prereq for H202: H110 or H111 or equiv or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 284 or 285. 202 is required of non-honors English majors. GEC arts and hums lit course.
220 Introduction to Shakespeare U 5Study of selected plays designed to give an understanding of drama as theatrical art and as an interpretation of fundamental human experience.
H220 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of department or instructor. Prereq for 220: 110 or 111 or equiv. Prereq for H220: 110 or 111 or equiv, and enrollment in an honors program. GEC arts and hums lit course.
260 Introduction to Poetry U 5Designed to help students understand and appreciate poetry through intensive study of a representative group of poems.
H260 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of department or instructor. GEC arts and hums lit course.
261 Introduction to Fiction U 5Examination of the elements of fiction -- plot, character, setting, narrative, perspective, theme, etc. -- and their various interrelations; comparisons with nonfictional narrative may be included.
H261 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of department or instructor. Prereq: English 110 or 111 or equiv. GEC arts and hums lit course.
262 Introduction to Drama U 5A critical analysis of selected dramatic masterpieces from Greek antiquity to the present, designed to clarify the nature and major achievements of western dramatic art.
H262 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of department or instructor. GEC arts and hums lit course.
275 Thematic Approaches to Literature U 5An introduction to literature through the examination of a major theme as treated in different genres and periods; topic varies quarterly.
Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs. GEC arts and hums lit course.
280 The English Bible U 5The Bible in English translation, with special attention to its literary qualities, conceptual content, and development within history.
H280 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of department or instructor. GEC arts and hums lit course.
290 Colonial and U.S. Literature to 1865 U 5Introductory study of significant works of U.S. literature from its Colonial origins to 1865. Either 290 or 291 is required of non-honors English majors. GEC arts and hums lit course.
291 U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present U 5
Introductory study of significant works of U.S. literature from 1865 to the present. Prereq: 110 or 111 or equiv. Either 290 or 291 is required of non-honors English majors. GEC arts and hums lit course.
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GEC Arts and Humanities Cultures and Ideas Courses
264 Introduction to Reading Popular Culture U 5Introduction to the analysis of popular culture texts, with special emphasis on the relationship between popular culture studies and literary studies.
Prereq: 110 or equiv. Not open to students with credit for Comp Std 264. Cross-listed in Comparative Studies. GEC arts and hums cultures and ideas course.
270 Introduction to Folklore U 5A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs.
GEC arts and hums cultures and ideas course.
271 Introduction to English Language Study U 5An introduction to the grammar, history, and social and regional dialects of the English language. Not open to students with credit for 570, 669, 671, 672; or Linguist 601. GEC arts and hums cultures and ideas course.
276 Introduction to Rhetoric U 5
Study of developments in rhetorical theory, teaching, criticism, and practice through examination of representative figures, texts, movements and periods from antiquity to the present. 2 2-hr cl. GEC arts and hums, cultures and ideas course.
277 Introduction to Disability Studies U 5
Foundational concepts and issues in disability studies; introduction to the sociopolitical models of disability. 2 2-hr cl. GEC arts and hums cultures and ideas course.
364 Special Topics in Reading Popular Culture U 5
Focused study in reading popular culture texts, organized around a single theme or medium. Prereq: 110 or equiv.
378 Special Topics in Film and Literature U 5
Focuses on the relationship between film and literature; topics may include adaptation, cross-media themes and modes, influence of cinema on literature and vice versa. 1 3-hr, 1 2-hr cl. Prereq: 110 or 111 or equiv.
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GEC Arts and Humanities Analysis of Texts and Works of Art, Visual/Performing Arts
263 Introduction to Film U 5Introduction to methods of reading film texts by analyzing cinema as technique, as system, and as cultural project. 1 3-hr cl, 1 2-hr cl. GEC arts and hums VPA course.
269 Digital Media Composing U 5
A writing course where students analyze and compose digital media texts while studying complex forms and practices of textual production. Prereq: English 110 or equiv. GEC arts and hums VPA course.
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GEC Arts and Humanities Literature and Social Diversity Courses
281 Introduction to African-American Literature U 5A study of representative literary works by African-American writers from 1760 to the present. Offered in cooperation with African-American and African Studies. GEC arts and hums lit and social diversity course.
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