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Website by: Charles F. Warren, Ph.D. Visiting Professor

English and Management Departments

Faculty office location:      

AB-001 -H [Room 1 in the Academic Building basement]  located on Upper South Campus].

Spring 2010 Office Hours:    

TR 11-12:30 pm [please give advance notice!], before/after each class in classroom, or by arrangement.

On-campus voicemail:     

978-542-2424, ext. 1245--I rarely can check this phone line; please, send me an e-mail if timeliness matters!

Residence phone/Voicemail:   

978-921-1007 [your calls  OK until 11 pm].    TIP: Use e-mail, as I usually am on campus or in class!

My e-mail address:                     

cwarren@salemstate.edu NOTE: I cannot get e-mail or voicemail anytime on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and most Saturdays.

Campus mailing address: 

English Department/Room 249 Meier Hall   

 352 Lafayette  Street/Salem, MA  01970-5353

[a]  Click on any of these links to Spring 2010 course syllabi/handouts:

NOTE: For each of the above-listed courses, see its corresponding COURSEPAGE link (in Section e, below) for helpful background information and for items for further study!  

[b] Instructional schedule for SPRING 2010 [21 January-4 May 2010]:

COURSE No. / SECTION / TITLE: 

DAY / TIME:

ROOM:

PRE-REQUISITE / COURSE NOTE:

ENG 102-30: Academic Writing 2 [Comp. 2]
TR 2:00-3:15pm
AB-201
ENG 101 or equivalent; in-class writing sample required to continue enrollment.
ENG 294-05: Great Books 1 [World Lit 1]
TR 9:30am-10:45am
AB-205
ENG 102 or equivalent; This course is NOT a substitute for ENG 296.
ENG 295-08: Great Books 2 [World Lit 2] TR 12:30-1:45pm AB-201 ENG 102 or equivalent; Completion of ENG 294 helpful, but is NOT needed.
ENG 294-S2: Great Books 1 [World Lit 1]
S 8:45am-1:45pm
HB-115
ENG 102 or equivalent/ Accelerated course: meets 7 Saturdays only: 20 March-1 May 2010.
ENG 379-S1: Women in Drama
R 7:00-9:30pm
HB-115
ENG 102 or equivalent/. Fun and relaxing course for majors, minors, or D1 humanities elective!

 

 

 

 

 

[c] Instructional schedule for Summer 2010 [ 23 May 2010 thru 19 August 2010]:

COURSE No. / SECTION / TITLE: 

DAY / TIME:

ROOM:

PRE-REQUISITE / COURSE NOTE:

TERM 1 [24 May-1 July 2010]:      
ENG 402-01: Business Writing
TR 6:30-9:30pm HB-115 ENG 102 or equivalent. A fun /practical elective for all majors! Air-conditioned classroom!
ALL-SUMMER [25 May-17 August 2010]:      
ENG 400-11: Advanced Writing W 6:30-9:30pm HB-115 ENG 102. Satisfies College's "W" requirement! Meets only one night each week!
TERM 2 [12 July-18 August 2010]:      
ENG 459-21: Modern American Drama TR 6:30-9:30pm HB-115 ENG 102. Air-conditioned classroom! Fun; a D1 humanities elective for anyone!

[d] Partial Instructional schedule for FALL 2010 [2 September-10 December 2010]:

COURSE No. / SECTION / TITLE: 

DAY / TIME:

ROOM:

PRE-REQUISITE / COURSE NOTE:

TBA
TR 9:30am-10:45am
HB-113
ENG 101 or equivalent; This course is NOT a substitute for ENG 102-ESL.
TBA
TR 2:00-3:15pm
AB-101
ENG 102 or equivalent; This course is NOT a substitute for ENG 296.
TBA TR 12:30-1:45pm AB-101 ENG 102 or equivalent; This course is NOT a substitute for ENG 296.
ENG 292-S1: Introduction to the Short Story
S 8:45am-1:45pm
HB-115
ENG 102. Fun! D1 electiveor satisfies literature requirement. Meets only 7 Saturdays: 09/25-11/6 2010.
ENG 299-S1: Literature and the Reader
R 7:00-9:30pm
HB-115
ENG 102 or equivalent. Fun and relaxing course for majors, minors, or D1 humanities elective!

 

 

 

 

>>>COMING in Spring 2011... ENG 498-S1: Seminar on Mark Twain meeting on Thursdays 7-9:30pm in HB-115 [Watch for more details!]<<<

[e]  Also explore  any of these individual COURSE LINKS  below:

ENG 294/295, 379, 394/395, and 459 users [click on below any of these links containing helpful background material]:

  1. Scan this extensive user-friendly list of literary terms to help with your understanding of all literature.   
  2. See the Harvard Classics editions of the Great Books (including plays)!
  3. Navigate Malaspina U's cool website devoted to the Great Books. 
  4. Seek out actual past events, historic battles/wars, eras, and figures in the Encyclopedia of World History, 6th ed.
  5. Learn about major playwrights and the century-by-century development of the theatre!
  6. View art and architecture thru the ages at this unique website of Sweet Briar College!

[f] Salem State College Links:


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[h]  Of General Interest [click on below any of these valuable links]: 

RESEARCH LINKS:

  1. Peak at Purdue U's OWL website for the latest/greatest on the MLA update 2009 for documenting your research.
  2. View a pdf sample [with 2009 update] of a student's MLA research essay!
  3. Consult Indiana U's Writing Tutorial Service's website on recognizing and avoiding plagiarism.
  4. Click here to learn how to research or document a source in the APA, CBE, CMS, or MLA styles!
  5. Get research tips from Dartmouth College Library's useful website!
  6. Pay a virtual visit to the Internet Public Library.
  7. Discover what is available at any local college or public library at the North of Boston Library Exchange [NOBLE] Homepage!
  8. Download over 51k topics in the Columbia Encyclopedia Online, 6th ed.   
  9. Access useful almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records at InfoPlease.
  10. Eyeball the innovative online source for general knowledge: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia--where any user can edit online its articles!
  11. Scan this list of selected professional journals for use in business.
  12. Datamine the Statistical Abstract of the United States!

WRITING LINKS:

  1. What is an expository essay?
  2. This Harvard U. website contains sound suggestions for effectively ENDING YOUR ESSAY!
  3. The goals, characteristics, and uses of expository writing as explained at The Writing Site.org.
  4. Peruse helpful information about expository writing at this Stanford Uinversity site
  5. Have some writing questions?  This Dartmouth Writing Program website covers many writing concerns: topic selection, thesis, revising, writing for various academic majors, etc.!
  6. Consult Indiana U's Writing Tutorial Service's website on recognizing and avoiding plagiarism. 
  7. Spell-check or embellish your writing with Merriam-Webster Online dictionary and thesaurus!
  8. Define your world: Urban Dictionary features slang with your definitions!
  9. Do you know these 12 common grammar and punctuation errors?
  10. For word choice, style, and grammar issues, consult The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 
  11. Visit Purdue University's Online Writing Lab [OWL]  to learn about grammar, sentence structure, and related issues!
  12. The University of Victoria Writer's Guide website can help with your essays, paragraphs, sentences, documentation, and more!
  13. Create and share your work online by using Google Docs.
  14. Here's Zoho--a wiki that is as easy to use as a word processor!
  15. Create, find, and share podcasts online with Podomatic.
  16. Publish thoughts, get feedback, post photos, and go mobile with Blogger!
  17. Need some help with your proofreading?
  18. BEFORE you write, study this rubric and scoring scale to learn how your writing assignment will be evaluated!

LITERATURE LINKS:

  1. Consult [or download to your printer] this basic fact sheet to help with your reading or writing about literature.
  2. Speak or write as a seasoned drama critic: consult McGraw-Hill's online Glossary of Drama Terms.
  3. Try this more extensive user-friendly list of literary terms to help with your understanding of all literature.
  4. How does one read and interpret poems?
  5. Examine the varied backgrounds--and read analyses of some key works--of the major American poets  of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
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