Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET)

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ECET107 Introduction to Circuit Analysis (4 cr.) Class 3, Lab 3. C: MATH M125. Voltage; current; resistance; Ohm's law; Kirchhoff's laws; resistance combinations; Thevenin's, Norton's, and superposition theorems. DC and AC sources, with basic AC terminology described. Performance of ideal transformers, capacitors, inductors, and first-order RLC circuits. Fundamental analog circuits used in the laboratory to enhance understanding of basic laws and theorems.

ECET109 Digital Fundamentals (3 cr.) Class 2, Lab 3. C: CPT135 or departmental approval. Introduces basic gate and flip-flop logic devices and their application in combinational and sequential digital circuits. Topics include decoders, displays, encoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, registers, and counters; emphasis on logic circuit analysis, implementation of circuits using standard IC chips or programmable logic devices, circuit testing, and troubleshooting.

ECET157 Electronics Circuit Analysis (4 cr.) Class 3, Lab 3. P: CPT135, ECET107, MATH M125. Diodes, various discrete and IC regulated power supplies, transistor biasing techniques, and characteristics of small signal amplifiers. Dependent sources, operational amplifiers, non-ideal DC op amp characteristics, waveform generation, and IC fabrication overview. Use of circuit fundamentals such as Kirchhoff's laws in the analysis and design of circuits; computer-aided analysis of circuits.

ECET159 Digital Applications (4 cr.) Class 3, Lab 3. P: ECET107 and ECET109. Continues the study of combinational and sequential digital applications. Input and output characteristics of the various common logic families and the appropriate signal conditioning techniques for on/off power interfacing; standard logic function blocks, digital and analog signal interfacing techniques, and memory devices.

ECET196 Exploring EET (2 cr.) Class 1, Lab 2 or Class 1, Lab 3. Practical experiences to teach techniques for proper and safe use of basic hand and machine tools. Techniques for connecting various types of circuits. Fabricating printed circuit boards; introductory processes for using plastic and metal to fabricate custom parts. Use of verbal and written communication skills to report project progress and results.

ECET207 AC Electronics Circuit Analysis (4 cr.) Class 3, Lab 3. P: ECET157 and MATH M126. AC circuits including the j operator, phasors, reactance and impedance; application of circuit laws, network theorems, and the fundamental concepts of Fourier analysis to the study of topics such as passive filters, IC filters, amplifiers, resonant circuits, single-phase and three-phase circuits, and elementary magnetic circuits.

ECET209 Introduction to Microprocessors (4 cr.) Class 3, Lab 3. P: ECET159, and CPT175 or equivalent. An introduction to microprocessor hardware and software. Assembly language instructions and programming, troubleshooting, and input/output techniques; use of computer-based program editing and assembly techniques.

ECET231 Electrical Power and Controls (4 cr.) Class 3, Lab 3. P: MATH M119 and PHYS P201. C: ECET257. Magnetic materials and properties; analysis of transformers and power conditioning equipment, induction motors, and single-phase and three-phase power systems. Motor control devices, programmable logic controllers, PLC input and output devices, and power systems communications and monitoring.

ECET257 Power and RF Electronics (4 cr.) Class 3, Lab 3. P: ECET207. Application of circuit analysis techniques to amplifiers used in power and RF electronics. Bipolar and field effect transistors, thyristors, RF oscillators, mixers, AM/FM modulation, phase lock loops, frequency synthesis, switching power supplies, and active filters. Use of computer-aided analysis of circuits.

ECET276 Electronic Troubleshooting Laboratory (2 cr.) Class 1, Lab 3. P: ECET109. Corequisite: ECET257. Experimental work in analyzing and repairing equipment. The use of test instruments to locate faulty components in AM and FM receivers, televisions, and industrial circuits.

ECET296 Electronic System Fabrication (2 cr.) Class 1, Lab 3. P: EECT159, ECET196, ECET207, and CGT120. This course introduces project planning and basic concepts in electronic design automation (EDA). The student develops the project from an engineering rough sketch to a finished and tested printed circuit board using EDA. New construction and testing techniques are introduced. The final product is presented in an oral and written report. The written documentation is used along with a resume in a job application simulation.

CGT120 Electrical and Electronic Drafting (2 cr.) Class 1, Lab 2. P: ECET157. A basic course in electrical and electronic drafting using multiview and isometric drawing, sectioning, and dimensioning practices. Documentation of design through schematic diagrams, wiring diagrams, and printed circuit board layout. Application of graphics standards for electronic, power, and industrial control circuitry.

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English (ENG)

School of Arts and Letters

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Courses in English Language
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Courses in Writing

ENG W100 Developmental Composition (3 cr.) P: Placement according to the IUS English Placement Test. Emphasizes writing paragraphs and larger compositions; learning and practicing forms of academic writing; developing varied sentence structure; review of mechanics and usage. This is a Student Development Course, and credit for this course does not apply toward a degree.

ENG W130 Principles of Composition (3 cr.) P: Placement according to the IUS English Placement Test. For students who need a semester of writing instruction before taking W131. Practice in writing papers for a variety of purposes and audiences. Attention to sentence and paragraph structure.

ENG W131 Elementary Composition (3 cr.) P: W131 or placement. Engagement with the writing process, from brainstorming to drafting to peer editing to proofreading. Focuses on language use, strategies of organization, handling of primary and secondary evidence (a short research essay is required).

ENG W203 Creative Writing (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. Exploratory course in writing in which students write both poetry and fiction. Taught as a workshop. May be repeated once for credit.

ENG W231 Professional Writing Skills (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher or equivalent. To develop writing skills requisite for most professional activities. Emphasis on methods of research, organization, and writing techniques useful in preparing business and professional memos, letters, reports, and proposals. This course does not count toward the humanities distribution requirement for B.A. candidates.

ENG W234 Technical Report Writing (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. Instruction in preparing engineering and other technical proposals and reports, with an introduction to the use of graphics.

ENG W270 Argumentative Writing (3 cr.) Open only to students who have completed the English composition requirement. Offers instruction and practice in writing argumentative essays about complicated and controversial issues. The course focuses on strategies for identifying issues, assessing claims, locating evidence, deciding on a position, and writing papers with clear assertion and convincing arguments.

ENG W290 Writing in the Arts and Sciences (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. An introduction to academic writing as a means of discovery and record. Study of and practice in the procedures, conventions, and terminology of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Research-intensive.

ENG W300 Writing for Teachers. P: W131. The study of writing in relation to the teaching of writing in the schools. Students will evaluate their own writing strengths and weakness and complete a series of writing assignments meant to improve their writing skills. Additionally, students will read current, selected works in composition theory and learn how to apply their new understandings about writing to various teaching situations.

ENG W301 Writing Fiction (3 cr.) R: W203. May be repeated once for credit.

ENG W303 Writing Poetry (3 cr.) R: W203. May be repeated once for credit.

ENG W310 Language and the Study of Writing (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. Designed as an introduction to the logical foundation and rhetorical framework of effective writing.

ENG W311 Writing Creative Nonfiction (3 cr.) P: Submission of acceptable manuscripts to instructor in advance of registration. R: W203. Writing workshop in such modes as personal essay, autobiography, or documentary. May be repeated once.

ENG W315 Composing Computer-Delivered Text (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. This course introduces students to new forms of writing (beyond word processing and desktop publishing) made possible by computers—hypertext, electronic mail, and computer conferencing—and explores what impact these new forms will have on literacy skills for writers and readers of such computer-delivered texts.

ENG W350 Advanced Expository Writing (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher or equivalent. Close examination of assumptions, choices, and techniques that go into a student's own writing and the writing of others.

ENG W395 Individual Study of Writing (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Exercise in the study of written expression and communication in informative, persuasive, or imaginative writing. May be repeated once for credit.

ENG W398 Internship in Writing (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Internship in the University Writing Center, designated IUS offices, or other arranged settings. Focus on writing, the teaching of writing, and writing-related tasks. Apply during semester prior to desired internship.

ENG W401 Advanced Fiction Writing (3 cr.) P: 6 credit hours in W203, W301, and submission of acceptable manuscripts to instructor in advance of registration. May be repeated once for credit.

ENG W403 Advanced Poetry Writing (3 cr.) P: 6 credit hours in W203, W303, and submission of acceptable manuscripts to instructor in advance of registration. May be repeated once for credit.

ENG W405 Writing Prose Nonfiction (3 cr.) P: W290 with a grade of C or higher. A writing workshop in nonfiction prose. Students complete an extended inquiry project (estimated 15 pages) and a reflective essay on themselves as writers, specific topics to be approved by the instructor. Intensive daily participation and interactive peer review of work in progress.

ENG W410 Indiana Writing Workshop (2 cr.) P: Acceptance to Indiana Writer's Conference. Intensive training in various forms of writing. May be counted as an elective within the major and repeated once for credit.

ENG W411 Directed Writing (1-3 cr.) Description of project as assigned by instructor consenting to direct it. Individual critical projects worked out with faculty member. Credit varies with scope of the project.

ENG W420 Argumentative Writing (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. Presents argument as a process of inquiry. Applies critical and creative thinking to analyzing and composing effective argument. Addresses contexts and ideologies as a component of audience receptivity to ideas. Writers form and test ideas from pluralistic perspectives on controversial issues about which reasonable people disagree, including culture-sensitive issues like gender, race, ethnicity, etc.

ENG W490 Writing Seminar (3 cr.) P: Completion of 9 credit hours of writing beyond W131. A capstone writing seminar. Students will do one major and one minor project in nonfiction prose and either poetry or fiction. The major project is mentored by the instructor and another IUS faculty member or professional outside of IUS and is presented publicly to students, IUS faculty, and mentors. Students will also complete a reflective essay on themselves as writers.

ENG W497 Independent Study in Writing (3 cr.) Creative Writing Seminar or capstone course.

ENG W498 Internship in English (S/F grading) (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Supervised experience in editing departmentally based journal or allied publication. May be counted as an elective within the major; only 3 credit hours may count toward the major.

ENG W500 Teaching Composition: Issues and Approaches (4 cr.) Consideration of fundamental issues in the teaching of writing and the major approaches to composition instruction. Specific topics include teaching invention and revision, diagnosing errors, teaching style and organization, making assignments, and evaluating student writing.

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Courses in English Language

ENG G205 Introduction to the English Language (3 cr.) Acquaints the student with contemporary studies of the nature of language in general and of the English language in particular. Required of students preparing to teach English in secondary schools.

ENG G207 English Grammar and Usage (3 cr.) A brief look at English grammar, with emphasis upon current American usage; students will review verb usage, subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, modifier usage, punctuation, and sentence structure. This course does not count toward the humanities distribution requirement for B.A. candidates.

ENG G301 History of the English Language (3 cr.) Historical and structural analysis of English language in stages of its development. Political and social events affecting development of language, interrelationship of language and literature, evolution of modern phonology and syntax.

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Courses in Literature

ENG L101-L102 Western World Masterpieces I-II (3-3 cr.) P or C: W131. Literary masterpieces from Homer to present. Aims to teach thoughtful, intensive reading, to introduce aesthetic values in literature, and to bring about awareness of the enjoyment derived from reading.

ENG L107 Oriental World Masterpieces (3 cr.) Literary masterpieces from the Arabic, Persian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, and Malay cultures.

The following courses are open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; they are also open to second-semester freshmen who have received a grade of B or above in L101 or L102:

ENG L140 Introduction to English Studies (3 cr.) A comprehensive orientation to the field of English studies. In addition to providing academic advising, the course offers an overview of our curriculum, which includes our two concentrations in writing and literature, career opportunities related to the degree, and the kinds of reading, writing, and oral skills that are needed for success as a major and in a variety of professions.

ENG L202 Literary Interpretation (3 cr.) Close analysis of representative texts (poetry, drama, fiction) designed to develop art of lively, responsible reading through class discussion and writing of papers. Attention to literary design and critical method.

ENG L203 Introduction to Drama (3 cr.) Representative group of significant plays to acquaint students with characteristics of drama as a type of literature.

ENG L204 Introduction to the Novel and Short Story (3 cr.) Representative works of fiction; stresses structural technique in the novel, theories and kinds of fiction, and thematic scope of the novel.

ENG L205 Introduction to Poetry (3 cr.) Kinds, conventions, and elements of poetry in a selection of poems from several historical periods.

ENG L207 Women and Literature (3 cr.) Issues and approaches to critical study of women writers and treatment in British and American literature.

ENG L210 Studies in Popular Literature and Mass Media (3 cr.) Popular literary modes in England and America, such as detective, western, fantasy; history and theories of "mass" or "popular" culture; uses of literacy. Literary analysis of particular mass media forms, including television drama. Topic varies.

ENG L220 Introduction to Shakespeare (3 cr.) A survey of Shakespeare's greatest plays and poems.

ENG L230 Science Fiction (3 cr.) Study of the kinds, conventions, and theories of science fiction. Course may include both literature (predominantly British and American) and film.

ENG L295 American Film Culture (3 cr.) Film in relation to American culture and society. Topic varies. Works of literature may be used for comparison, but the main emphasis will be on film as a narrative medium and as an important element in American culture.

ENG L297 English Literature to 1600 (3 cr.) Representative selections, with emphasis on major writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare, and on their cultural context.

ENG L298 English Literature from 1600 to 1830 (3 cr.) Representative selections, with emphasis on major writers from Donne to Byron, and on their cultural context.

ENG L299 English Literature since 1830 (3 cr.) Representative selections, with emphasis on major writers from Carlyle to the present, and on their cultural context.

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Courses Primarily for Juniors and Seniors

ENG L303 Medieval English Literature in Translation (3 cr.) Literature and civilization of medieval England. Selected works from Old and Middle English with attention to their relations with art, history, and other aspects of medieval culture.

ENG L305 Chaucer (3 cr.) Chaucer's works, with special emphasis on The Canterbury Tales.

ENG L308 Elizabethan Drama and Its Background (3 cr.) English drama from Middle Ages to 1642; principal Elizabethan and Caroline dramatists and their best plays.

ENG L309 Elizabethan Poetry (3 cr.) Major Elizabethan poets, with special attention to Spenser.

ENG L313 Early Plays of Shakespeare (3 cr.) Close reading of at least seven early plays of Shakespeare.

ENG L314 Late Plays of Shakespeare (3 cr.) Close reading of at least seven later plays of Shakespeare.

ENG L317 English Poetry of the Early Seventeenth Century (3 cr.) Chief poets in England, 1600-1660.

ENG L318 Milton (3 cr.) Poetry and prose of John Milton, with special attention to Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.

ENG L320 Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature (3 cr.) Major poetry and prose, 1660-1730, with emphasis on Dryden, Swift, and Pope.

ENG L327 Later Eighteenth-Century Literature (3 cr.) Major poetry and prose, 1730-1800, with emphasis on Johnson and Boswell.

ENG L328 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3 cr.) Development of English drama from the Puritan closing of playhouses to the beginning of the nineteenth century.

ENG L329 Romantic Literature (3 cr.) Major Romantic writers, with emphasis on two or more of the following: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats.

ENG L330 Major Romantic Writers II (3 cr.) Major Romantic writers of the second generation, with emphasis on Byron, Shelley, Keats, and their associates.

ENG L335 Victorian Literature (3 cr.) Major poetry and prose, 1830 to 1900, studied against the social and intellectual backgrounds of the period.

ENG L345 Twentieth-Century British Poetry (3 cr.) Modern poets, particularly Yeats, Eliot, and Auden; some later poets may be included.

ENG L346 Twentieth-Century British Fiction (3 cr.) Modern fiction, its techniques and experiments, particularly Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf; some later novelists may be included.

ENG L347 British Fiction to 1800 (3 cr.) Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne.

ENG L348 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction (3 cr.) Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such romantic and Victorian authors as Scott, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.

ENG L351 American Literature to 1865 (3 cr.) American writers to 1865: Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and two or three additional major writers.

ENG L352 American Literature, 1865-1914 (3 cr.) American writers, 1865-1914: Mark Twain, Dickinson, James, and two or three additional major writers.

ENG L354 American Literature since 1914 (3 cr.) American writers since 1914: Faulkner, Hemingway, Eliot, Frost, and two or three additional major writers.

ENG L355 American Novel: Cooper to Dreiser (3 cr.) Representative nineteenth-century American novels.

ENG L356 American Poetry to 1900 (3 cr.) Includes the work of Bradstreet, Taylor, the Fireside Poets, Poe, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and Stephen Crane.

ENG L357 Twentieth-Century American Poetry (3 cr.) American poetry since 1900, including such poets as Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, Williams, and Lowell.

ENG L358 Twentieth-Century American Fiction (3 cr.) American fiction since 1900, including such writers as Dreiser, Lewis, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Bellow.

ENG L360 American Prose (Excluding Fiction) (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. Major nonfiction prose forms, including the essay, the journal, and the sermon, as well as the literary aspects of biography, criticism, and historical writing.

ENG L363 American Drama (3 cr.) Main currents in American drama to the present.

ENG L365 Modern Drama: Continental (3 cr.) Special attention to Ibsen, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, and Sartre.

ENG L366 Modern Drama: English, Irish, and American (3 cr.) Special attention to Shaw, Synge, O'Neill, Williams, and Albee.

ENG L367-L368 Literature of the Bible I-II (3-3 cr.) The Bible as a great masterpiece of literature. I. Old Testament. II. The Acts, the Apocrypha, New Testament gospels.

ENG L371 History of Criticism (3 cr.) Literary criticism from ancient to modern times.

ENG L373 Interdisciplinary Approaches to English and American Literature (3 cr.) Social, political, and psychological studies in English and American literature, 1890 to the present. Topics may vary and include, for example, Freud and literature, responses to revolution, and the literature of technology.

ENG L374 Ethnic American Literature (3 cr.) Literature about the American ethnic experience, selected from among works by African American, Jewish American, Italian American, Irish American, Native American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and other ethnic authors.

ENG L378 Studies in Women and Literature (3 cr.) British and American authors, such as George Eliot, Gertrude Stein; groups of authors, such as the Brontė sisters, recent women poets; or genres and modes, such as autobiography, film, criticism. Topics will vary from semester to semester.

ENG L380 Literary Modernism (3 cr.) Phenomenon of modernism in early twentieth-century transatlantic literature, with emphasis on such writers as Joyce, Pound, Woolf, Stein, Lawrence, Faulkner, studied in relation to social and artistic movements.

ENG L381 Recent Writing (3 cr.) Selected writers of contemporary significance. May include relevant groups and movements (such as black writers, poets of projective verse, new regionalists, parajournalists and other experimenters in pop literature, folk writers, and distinctively ethnic writers); several recent novelists, poets, or critics; or any combination of groups.

ENG L383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture (3 cr.) Study of a coherent period of British or Commonwealth culture (such as medieval, Elizabethan, or Victorian England, or modern Canada), with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual milieu.

ENG L384 Studies in American Culture (3 cr.) P: W131 with a grade of C or higher. Study of a coherent period of American culture (such as the Revolution, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression) with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual or social milieu.

ENG L389 Feminist Literary and Cultural Criticism (3 cr.) Selected critical approaches to the issue of gender over time and in various cultural settings. Topics vary including feminist criticism and popular culture, the history of feminist expository prose, deconstructionism, and feminism.

ENG L395 British and American Film Studies (3 cr.) Intensive study of specific topics related to film narratives; emphasis on American or British film as a cultural phenomenon. Topic varies.

ENG L450 Seminar: British and American Authors (3 cr.) Intensive study of a major author or a school of closely related authors.

ENG L460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme (3 cr.) Study of texts written in several historical periods united by a common mode or form (narrative, romanticism, lyric, etc.), or by a common theme (bildungsroman, the city and the country, the two cultures question, the uses of literacy, etc.).

ENG L470 Seminar: Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies (3 cr.) Study of a body of English or American literature in relation to another discipline (philosophy, art, history, linguistics, psychology, etc.), or in light of critical theory (structuralist, psychoanalytic, genre theory, etc.)

ENG L480 Seminar: Literature and History (3 cr.) Study of a body of literature in relation to a period of history, to a theory of history, or to a historical theme.

ENG L495 Individual Reading in English (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. May be repeated once for credit.

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