ENG 100/131 - Extreme Makeovers: Transformative Texts (Core/First-Year Seminar)

Three or Four Credits
Not Offered 2013-2014

From Ovid’s Metamorphoses to America’s Next Top Model, culture has long been fascinated by extreme makeovers. Investigating this fascination, this course examines a variety of transformative texts, ones depicting transformations that can also transform their readers. Particular emphasis will be placed on becoming skilled close readers and persuasive, articulate writers.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 131 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
 

When offered as ENG 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Literature Cornerstone Requirement.
When offered as ENG 131, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Literature Cornerstone Requirements.