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ENG 113 ADVANCED ACADEMIC READING
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: ENG103
This course is designed to help students acquire the appropriate skills to strengthen their ability
to understand complex readings which they encounter in their university programs.
Accordingly, the course covers aspects of advanced reading for specific academic purposes,
while developing strategies that are necessary for successful reading. Individual skills covered
include combining information from various sources, skimming, predicting, dealing with
unfamiliar words, inference and text analysis.

ENG 114 INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: ENG103
This course gives an introduction to researching and writing news stories. Students gain
additional opportunities to refine their English writing and speaking skills beyond the current
courses available at PSU. The ability to write well is a skill that is valued by employers, regardless
of profession. Thus, the course imparts an additional marketable skill for those students who
complete it. Journalists with expertise in business are currently in-demand in the job market.
Consequently, journalism training opens another avenue of possible employment for PSU
students whose majors are business-related.

ENG 207 CRITICAL THINKING
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: ENG103
This course is designed to help students develop their skills in reasoning, analysis, the use of
logical arguments to solve real-world problems. The skills taught in this course have broad
application in both the academic and professional spheres. Students study and learn reasoning
and the nature of arguments, the nature and rules of evidence, how to distinguish false claims
from true claims, recognize and avoid logical fallacies and learn how to anticipate and solve
problems in complex systems. Class participation and interaction is vital. Emphasis is placed
upon practical techniques and application of skills acquired through in-class presentations.

ENG 208 Elementary Spanish
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
Spanish Level 1 is designed to develop some basic communicative skills as well as an
understanding of the cultures of Spanish speaking countries. The goal of this course is to
develop communicative competence in Spanish: communicate minimally, create sentences, ask
and answer basic questions, initiate and respond to simple statements, and maintain
conversations about familiar topics.

ENG 301 TECHNICAL WRITING
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: ENG103 for all but CE students
The course introduces the principles and practices of technical writing. The object of the
course is cultivating writing skills cued to professional work. Through an array of
homework assignments, engaged class discussions and a report project, students obtain
proficiency in various aspects of technical writing. Attention is also given to the
development of argumentative and analytical skills as well as elements of document
design and formatting.