 Capstone in
Communication Skills - ENGL 290
To receive an Associate of
Arts or an Associate of Science degree from
Columbus State, you will be required to
complete a capstone course in one of five
departments: Math, Natural Science,
Humanities, Communication Skills or Social and
Behavioral Sciences.
When you take English 290, the
Communication Skills Capstone Course, you get
the opportunity to review the composition,
speech, literature and communication courses
you have completed; to reflect on the ways
these courses have enhanced your current level
of knowledge and skill; to demonstrate how you
have achieved the General Educational Outcomes
defined by the College; and to formulate
future career and academic goals.
The ENGL 290 Capstone Course
is designed to help you
assess your development as a
student of communication, composition,
speech, and literature;
provide a convenient
collection of materials that will make
applying for a job or to four year colleges
much easier;
make available samples of
your best work to your advisor or other
faculty writing reference letters for you,
enabling them to write more informed,
detailed, and supportive recommendations;
become more aware of the
employment and degree opportunities
available through pursuing a degree in
English or Communications;
become more conscious of the
coherence of your Communication Skills
courses.
By completing the capstone
course, you will assist the Communication
Skills Department by
giving us a sense of your
experiences in courses throughout the
department;
helping us assess the
usefulness and effectiveness of individual
courses and our program as a whole;
helping us demonstrate to
senior institutions that our graduates come
to them equipped with the knowledge and
skills required to complete advanced
degrees;
providing us with specific
details that can be invaluable in writing
recommendations.
Students seeking credit for
the Communication Skills Capstone Course will
enroll in English 290. Here is a course
description:
ENGL 290 Capstone
Experience in English (On Demand) 3 credits
A capstone course focusing on
English. Paradigms and their underlying
assumptions will be explored. Students will
work on developing research techniques and
methodologies. Students will apply these
techniques to a project of their own design,
complete a personal portfolio covering their
studies at Columbus State, and participate in
a summative testing of their academic skills.
Open only to Associate of Arts or Associate of
Science students preparing to graduate within
two academic quarters. Lab fee: $10.00.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENGLISH
290 IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
1. Student must have at
least 75 credit hours.
2. Student must be within
one or two quarters of graduation.
3. Student must have
completed the core courses: ENGL 101, ENGL 102
(or ENGL 111), COMM 105 and one of the
following-ENGL 250, 251, 252, or 253.
4. In addition to
the above courses, the student must complete
10 hours of electives from the
following list:
(All of these are 5-hour
courses, so the student should have completed
at least two)
ENGL 225 Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 230 Introduction to Dramatic Literature
ENGL 235 Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 245 Introduction to Film
ENGL 259 U.S. Literature to 1865
ENGL 260 Survey of Modern U.S. Literature
ENGL 261 Survey of British Literature I
ENGL 262 Survey of British Literature II
ENGL 264 Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 265 European Literature in Translation
ENGL 270 African-American Writers
ENGL 272 Introduction to Folklore
ENGL 274 Introduction to Non-Western
Literatures
ENGL 276 Women in Literature
ENGL 278 The English Bible as Literature
ENGL 281 Writing Fiction
ENGL 282 Writing Poetry
ENGL 283 Writing Plays
ENGL 284 Writing Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 285 Writing to Publish
ENGL 297-298-299 (most of the Special Topics
courses are 5-credit courses)
We will also accept the following
Humanities courses as writing intensive:
HUM 222 Classical Mythology
HUM 254 Introduction to African Literature
To read more detailed descriptions of
Capstone's requirements, open any of the
following Word documents:
Overview of
Capstone
Sample
Portfolio for Capstone
Capstone
Syllabus
For more information, contact
Barb
Thompson (or phone 287-5065).
If you have any questions about this site, please contact
Dr. Douglas Gray, Department Web Site Administrator.
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