英语

MSMS要求学生每学期都要上英语课. 新闻,年鉴,辩论,和创意写作提供给所有学生,但可能 不 用于满足毕业英语要求. Juniors are required to enroll in a 100-level course each semester to satisfy the 1-credit requirement. 高年级学生必须参加EN 200(大学英语II)课程, or EN 214 (Selected Works of British Literature) or EN 216 (World Literature) and EN235 (Southern Writers) . 高年级学生可以获得除EN100、EN200或EN214以外的选修学分. Registration for courses as electives will depend upon the space necessary to accommodate all students who need courses to meet the 英语 requirement for graduation.

毕业要求

MSMS要求每学期都要上英语课. 新闻,年鉴,辩论,和创意写作提供给所有学生,但可能 用于满足毕业英语要求. Juniors are required to enroll in a 100-level course each semester to satisfy the 1-credit requirement.

高年级学生必须参加EN 200(大学英语II)课程, or EN 214 (Selected Works of British Literature) or EN 216 (World Literature) and EN235 (Southern Writers) . 高年级学生可以获得除EN100、EN200或EN214以外的选修学分.

Registration for courses as electives will depend upon the space necessary to accommodate all students who need courses to meet the 英语 requirement for graduation.

目标

具体来说,该计划的目标是让学生:

  1. 理解、解释、评价和运用所读的内容;

  2. 能写出条理清晰、有效的论文;

  3. 有效地倾听和明智地讨论意见;

  4. 欣赏他们文学遗产的广度和深度;

  5. 发现他们的文学遗产如何增强想象力和伦理理解;

  6. 认识到他们的文学遗产与习俗的关系, 的想法, and values of today’s life and culture; and

  7. 利用科技来整合阅读, 写作, 说话, 听, 以及在英语学习中的观看.

课程

参加大学作文考试的学生必须在ACT考试中取得21分的综合成绩. 本课程提供双学分. 通过与密西西比女子大学的衔接协议, students who successfully complete the class will satisfy the requirement for junior 英语 at MSMS and receive six semester hours of college credit: three hours for MUW-EN 101 (英语 Composition I) and three hours for MUW-EN 102 (英语 Composition II).

The yearlong course explores 写作 across multiple modes and encourages the development of analytical skills, 因为学生将根据阅读材料写论文, 观察, 面试, 和记忆. 学生还将练习研究方法和资源整合, 在初级研究论文中达到高潮. 这门课的一部分, 真正的密西西比播客部分, requires students to turn their research into podcasts that will be disseminated on various social media platforms. 这些学生还将参加国家公共广播电台播客挑战赛.

参加大学英语I考试的学生必须在ACT考试中取得25分的综合成绩. 本课程提供双学分. 这门课程是美国文学从殖民时期到现在的概览. 它也有一个写作组件,包括叙述, 描述性的, 说明的, 批评性文章, 还有一篇研究论文.

这门课 is a study of the development of American literature with an emphasis on major 写作s and their relations to the main currents of American thought from the colonial period through the middle of the nineteenth century. 成功的学生将完成课外阅读, 通过评论文章和定时考试来回应文献, 也会参与课堂.

这门课 is a study of the development of American literature with an emphasis on major 写作s and their relationships to the main currents of American thought from the middle of the nineteenth century through the present.  成功的学生将完成课外阅读, 通过评论文章和定时考试来回应文献, 也会参与课堂.

这门课 explores American literature and culture of the twentieth century through the works of selected major dramatists.  学生需要完成课外阅读, 通过批判性和创造性的写作来回应文学, 积极参与课堂讨论和角色扮演.  Students will study a variety of American dramatists with major emphasis on the works of Tennessee Williams.  在秋季学期提供.

这门课 is an introduction to the works of William Shakespeare and will concentrate on early plays. 学生将阅读大约12个剧本, 包括《错误的喜剧, 理查三世, 和亨利戏剧.

这门课的重点是莎士比亚的后期戏剧. 学生将阅读10到12个剧本, 包括《奥赛罗》, 李尔王, 安东尼与埃及艳后, 《365bet体育官网》.

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学生将学习伟大的希腊剧作家埃斯库罗斯的作品, 索福克勒斯, 欧里庇得斯, 和阿里斯托芬. 学生还将阅读希腊和罗马哲学家的选集, 包括柏拉图, 亚里士多德, 塞内加, 和埃皮克提图.

本课程将重点介绍惠特曼、狄金森、弗罗斯特和史蒂文斯的诗歌. 学生还将学习其他几位现代美国诗人的作品. 学生们将深入了解365bet体育开户最优秀的诗人的作品.  在秋季学期提供.

新闻学I, 学生既要制作校报(the Vision),又要学习新闻学的要素. 学生被介绍到基本元素的组成,布局和编辑. 学生将被要求精通新闻写作, 特性, 体育, 评论, and opinions; using the digital camera or video camera; and retouching pictures using PhotoShop and laying out a print issue in InDesign.

在新闻学II,学生将继续学习新闻学. 领导问题,如编辑职位是本课程的重点. Students will learn and use the SNO’s WordPress software to lay out the newspaper; manage files and articles from 新闻 I students; conduct editorial board meetings; make decisions about the content and format of The Vision, the school newspaper; edit articles and evaluate them for inclusion in the paper; and learn about web site and social media management.  

Students who take University 英语 Literature must have a 25 composite score on the ACT by the April national test date of the junior year and complete enrollment requirements for MUW students. The course offers senior students an opportunity to receive dual credit in 英语 from MSMS (英语 IV requirement) and from Mississippi University for Women (three hours for MUW-EN 201, 早期英国文学概论, 还有三个小时的MUW-EN 202, 英国晚期文学概览. The course is a study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of 英语 literature from Beowulf through the modern period. 重点放在历史上, 知识, and social contexts which produced the literature and on the resulting intertext of literature and society. 本课程包括相关阅读资料. 学生将写各种各样的作文,包括评论文章和研究论文.

在这个为期一年的课程中,学生将阅读故事, 戏剧, 诗, 以及代表英国和英联邦文学的散文和电影. They will consider the works in relation to significant themes and literary movements of the ages which produced them, 同时也探究了它们所处的社会和知识背景. Special attention will be paid during the second semester to the periods in which the British Empire expanded, 然后失去, 它的殖民势力.  Students will utilize library and Internet sources to produce presentations for class and for compositions, 包括评论文章和一篇研究论文.

《365bet体育官网》从翻译的角度探讨了欧洲的主要作家, 美洲, 非洲, 印度次大陆, 中国, 和日本, 从不同的历史时期和文学运动. Readings will include the major genres of literature: 诗歌, short story, novel, drama, and essay. 本课程以阅读和讨论为主, but students will also write literary analysis essays (including the senior research paper) and make presentations to the class.

这门课, 当与南方作家配对时, 满足MSMS的高级英语学分要求.

Students in this one semester course will explore the place of the American South in the literary world by reading 短篇小说, 回忆录, 诗歌, 小说, 以及南北战争前到现在的戏剧, 特别注意作品产生的历史背景. 学生们也将在批评作品中询问南方人的定义, 将自己置于与南方艺术和文化365bet体育开户的学术对话中.

本课程将以阅读和讨论为主, 但学生也要写文学分析文章,并在课堂上做报告. Students will also be expected to attend the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium at MUW in the fall semester. 这门课, 当与世界文学配对时, 满足MSMS的高级英语学分要求.

Students will practice techniques of 诗歌 and short fiction composition as well as write creative non-fiction pieces. 课程要求的一部分是写作, 设计, 并推出纸质和电子两种形式的文学杂志. 学生将为地方、州、地区和全国比赛准备手稿.  该课程将在全年中每周90分钟.  大三或大四学生均可报名参加本课程.

Students in Creative Writing II will continue to develop and practice composition techniques for 写作 诗歌, 短篇小说, 描述性/叙事性文章表现出成熟的风格元素:“清晰”, 优雅, 和个性.“学生们将根据自己选择的体裁进行个性化的写作项目.  学生也将为, 设计, 并推出纸质和电子两种形式的文学杂志.  学生将为地方、州、地区和全国比赛准备手稿.  该课程将在全年中每周90分钟.  如果大三或大四学生已经获得创意写作I学分,他们可以报名参加这门课程.

这门课 teaches critical reading/critical 写作 skills through the examination of contemporary literature. 学生需要完成课外阅读, 并通过分析文章来回应文献, 定时检查, 以及课堂讨论. Most of the works considered in the course will have been published within the last five years or by authors who are still living. 文本的分析将集中在工艺和结构,以及论点和主题. 主题从成年到社会正义. 在秋季学期开设.

This elective course is based on student interest and may be offered on a one-time or a rotating basis.  它可能集中在一个特定的主题上.

The course will introduce and expand the student’s ability to give presentations and argue for and against positions. 学生在一年中会做很多演讲, 无论是在课堂上还是在比赛中. 学生将学习如何组织演讲, 适应观众, 研究证据, 回应批评, 以及如何让自己有说服力,让人印象深刻.