LANGUAGES & LITERATURE - COURSES OFFERED

ENG 150	Introduction to Literature (3)
This course focuses on three major genres of literature (poetry, drama, and fiction), including film production, and contemporary Pacific literature. This course also explores and interprets terms and concepts from a variety of literary works. Students will apply and demonstrate critical thinking by writing analytical expository papers and essays. (Note: 3 Lecture credits)
ENG 151	Freshman Composition (3)
This is an intensive and extensive introduction to college writing course that requires in-class and take-home writing assignments. This course is designed to help students recognize and critically evaluate important local and global issues affecting the population. Student will be required to write academic papers or essays and a research term-paper. American Psychological Association (APA) format is required. (Note: 3 Lecture credits)
ENG 250	Survey of Literature (3)
Prerequisite: ENG 150, ENG 151
This is a second year literature course designed for close reading and surveying in depth analysis of the major genres of literature (poetry, drama, prose fiction, non-fiction), including film production, and contemporary Pacific literature. Students will write expository or argumentative essays by employing different methods of rhetorical strategies and demonstrate skills in critical thinking. Students are required to write critical analysis essays by applying MLA styles. A grade of C or better in ENG 150, ENG 151 is required. (Note: 3 Lecture credits)
ENG 251	Sophomore Composition (3)
Prerequisite: ENG 151
This is a second-year composition course designed for advanced prose writing. Students will demonstrate and integrate the use of sophisticated and original evidence and language and will write lengthy expository or argumentative essays reflecting a variety of local and global issues. Students will be required to adhere to the rules of Standard American English and write comparison and contrast, classification, and argumentative essays and submit a research term-paper. Modern Language Association (MLA) format is required. A grade of C or better in ENG 151 is required. (Note: 3 Lecture credits)

LIT 270	World Literature (3)
Prerequisite: ENG 150 & ENG 151
This course covers the survey of world literature, with emphasis on appreciation of cultural elements, form, and technique. Students examine themes and approaches to storytelling (ancient and modern), poetry, drama, and essay. The course introduces a wide range of significant and/or representative works, with special attention to related Samoan literary elements. A grade of C or better in ENG 150 & ENG 151 is required. (Note: 3 Lecture credits)
LIT 272	American Literature (3)
Prerequisite: ENG 150 & ENG 151
This course is a survey of American Literature with an emphasis upon the historical elements in selected works by American authors from the Colonial American Era to the 21st Century. Students will follow the development of major themes in American Literature and examine and critique these themes in essays, fiction, poetry, drama and film, extensive readings, lectures, discussions. A grade of C or better in ENG 150 & ENG 151 is required. (Note: 3 Lecture credits)
LIT 274	Pacific Literature (3) (formerly LIT 276 Pacific Literature)
Prerequisite: ENG 150 & ENG 151
This course is a survey of Pacific Literature with studies of selected Pacific and non-Pacific writers including those from American Samoa, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and others. Distinction is made between existing traditional literature and modern writing with western influence. A grade of C or better in ENG 150 & ENG 151 is required. (Note: 3 Lecture credits)