2012 Fall

• ELI 23-001 ACADEMIC READING III
  This five-level reading series is designed to help non-native speaking students become more effective readers in English. The focus is on reading strategies, reading comprehension and analysis of a variety of text types. After completing the course series, students should able to read, comprehend and analyze level-appropriate academic texts, narrative prose and descriptive essays. Students should be able to apply appropriate reading strategies, comprehension strategies and prior knowledge, specifically employing reading skills and utilizing vocabulary skills. This course is available twice in a school year – one in the fall and one in the spring – and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: Michigan English Placement Test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 24-001 ACADEMIC READING IV
  This five-level reading series is designed to help non-native speaking students become more effective readers in English. The focus is on reading strategies, reading comprehension and analysis of a variety of text types. After completing the course series, students should able to read, comprehend and analyze level-appropriate academic texts, narrative prose and descriptive essays. Students should be able to apply appropriate reading strategies, comprehension strategies and prior knowledge, specifically employing reading skills and utilizing vocabulary skills. This course is available twice in a school year – one in the fall and one in the spring – and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: Michigan English Placement Test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 33-001 ACADEMIC WRITING III
  This four-level writing series is designed to help non-native speaking students become effective writers in an academic setting. The focus is on academic writing, which includes the mastery of punctuation and grammar structures and editing and revising to improve communication. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: Michigan English Placement Test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 34-001 ACADEMIC WRITING IV
  This four-level writing series is designed to help non-native speaking students become effective writers in an academic setting. The focus is on academic writing, which includes the mastery of punctuation and grammar structures and editing and revising to improve communication. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: Michigan English Placement Test. Three hours per week.

• ENGL 434-151 LITERACY & ESOL WRITING
  Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices of learning to write in a second language or second dialect. Topics include writing theory, writing strategies, evaluating writing, and writers and rhetorical concerns. Students develop a literacy project, writing materials for specific ESOL students. May not receive credit for both ENGL 443 and ENGL 434. Prerequisite: ENGL 431 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• ENGL 534-152 LITERACY & ESOL WRITING
  Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices of learning to write in a second language or second dialect. Topics include writing theory, writing strategies, and second language writers and rhetorical concerns. In addition, students will examine teaching methodologies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and political and social implications of second language/dialect literacy. This course is for graduate credit only. Prerequisite: ENGL 537 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week.

Visit the GullNet Logon Page to logon and view the entire schedule of classes.

2012 Summer I

• ELI 43-001 ACADEMIC SPEAKING III
  This two-level series is designed to help non-native speaking students become more effective speakers and listeners in an academic setting. Students become familiar with common assignments, such as group discussion and individual presentations. Students learn how to develop PowerPoint presentations, how to take notes effectively and how to absorb material learned in class. This two level course will be available twice in a school year and it will meet three hours every week. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: ELI oral communication test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 44-001 ACADEMIC SPEAKING IV
  This two-level series is designed to help non-native speaking students become more effective speakers and listeners in an academic setting. Students become familiar with common assignments, such as group discussion and individual presentations. Students learn how to develop PowerPoint presentations, how to take notes effectively and how to absorb material learned in class. This two level course will be available twice in a school year and it will meet three hours every week. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: ELI oral communication test. Three hours per week.

2012 Fall

• ELI 43-001 ACADEMIC SPEAKING III
  This two-level series is designed to help non-native speaking students become more effective speakers and listeners in an academic setting. Students become familiar with common assignments, such as group discussion and individual presentations. Students learn how to develop PowerPoint presentations, how to take notes effectively and how to absorb material learned in class. This two level course will be available twice in a school year and it will meet three hours every week. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: ELI oral communication test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 44-001 ACADEMIC SPEAKING IV
  This two-level series is designed to help non-native speaking students become more effective speakers and listeners in an academic setting. Students become familiar with common assignments, such as group discussion and individual presentations. Students learn how to develop PowerPoint presentations, how to take notes effectively and how to absorb material learned in class. This two level course will be available twice in a school year and it will meet three hours every week. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: ELI oral communication test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 74-003 CULTURALLY SPEAKING
  This course is designed to help non-native speaking students make a smooth transition into American cultures. The focus for this course is placed on how to effectively communicate with native speakers in different settings. Classes will be designed to help students better understand American mainstream cultures via discussing about topics or issues in American media or movies. One of the main the objectives of this course is to enable students to orally communicate with native-speakers both effectively and appropriately. Three hours per week.

Visit the GullNet Logon Page to logon and view the entire schedule of classes.

2012 Summer I

• ELI 74-002 CULTURALLY SPEAKING
  This course is designed to help non-native speaking students make a smooth transition into American cultures. The focus for this course is placed on how to effectively communicate with native speakers in different settings. Classes will be designed to help students better understand American mainstream cultures via discussing about topics or issues in American media or movies. One of the main the objectives of this course is to enable students to orally communicate with native-speakers both effectively and appropriately. Three hours per week.

Visit the GullNet Logon Page to logon and view the entire schedule of classes.

•  SU European Alumni Chapter Reunites
  Tuesday, February 09, 2010
   

Visit the Press & Publications site for more information.

2012 Fall

• EDLD 512-701 ED RESRCH & ED LEADRSHP
  Examination of the use of evaluation research as a basis for decisions about educational programs, products and goals with the aim of providing the educational leader with valid and reliable evidence upon which to base program decisions. Three hours per week.

• ELI 11-001 GRAM/STRUC: FORM & FUNC I
  This four-level communicative grammar series is designed to help non-native speaking students become familiar with the rules of essential English grammar (form) and know when to apply them and what they mean (function). Integrates all four communication skills while applying the rules being taught. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: Michigan English Placement Test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 13-001 GRAM/STRUC: FORM & FUNC III
  This four-level communicative grammar series is designed to help non-native speaking students become familiar with the rules of essential English grammar (form) and know when to apply them and what they mean (function). Integrates all four communication skills while applying the rules being taught. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: Michigan English Placement Test. Three hours per week.

• ELI 14-001 GRAM/STRUC: FORM & FUNC IV
  This four-level communicative grammar series is designed to help non-native speaking students become familiar with the rules of essential English grammar (form) and know when to apply them and what they mean (function). Integrates all four communication skills while applying the rules being taught. This course is available twice in a school year and meets three hours every week. Prerequisites: Courses must be taken sequentially. Corequisite: Michigan English Placement Test. Three hours per week.

• ENGL 430-151 PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTICS
  Detailed study of the primary linguistic systems, including phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and pragmatics. Introduces important sociolinguistic research concerns. As the course is designed for teachers in training, students apply those linguistic concepts to practical language learning problems. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• ENGL 536-152 PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTICS
  An introductory study of nature of language from both a theoretical and applied perspective. The focus is on the study of sounds and articulation (phonetics), sound systems (phonology), word structure and formation (morphology), phrase and sentence structure (syntax), aspects of meaning (semantics) and will also concentrate on applied aspects of linguistic study such as neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, and first and second language acquisition. To provide students with a fundamental understanding of core areas of linguistics and to equip students with the analytical techniques and methods required to solve questions about language. This course is for graduate credit only. Three hours per week.

Visit the GullNet Logon Page to logon and view the entire schedule of classes.

• SU Seidel School Dean, Faculty Present at International Education Symposium
  Wednesday, December 01, 2010
   

Visit the Press & Publications site for more information.

2012 Summer I

• SPAN 202-901 SPANISH IN REVIEW
  Refinement and application of language skills by exploring diverse forms of expression in Spanish. Satisfies the language requirement for English majors. Recommended Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or at least three years of high school Spanish. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

• SPAN 309-901 STUDIES IN SPAIN
  Students live and study in Malaga, Spain. Multi-focused course covers language, culture, history, and art of Spain, as well as cultural themes. Excursions to Granada, Cordoba, and Sevilla included. This course fulfills the study abroad requirement. Prerequisites: SPAN 202 and approval of program director.

• SPAN 312-901 CONVERSATION
  Develops confidence and correctness in spoken Spanish through practice in conversation, reports and discussions. Prerequisite or Corequisite: SPAN 310. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 400-901 ADV STYLISTICS & ORAL EXPRES
  Refinement and sophistication of written and oral expression in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 310 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

2012 Fall

• ART 391-901 SPEC TOPICS IN ART HISTORY
  Intensive study, including research, of a particular topic in art history. May be taken twice for credit under different subtitles. B.A. and B.F.A. Prerequisite: ART 201. Non-Major Prerequisite: ART 104 or ART 201 or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• ENGL 318-901 TOPICS IN HISPANIC LIT /TRANS
  Reading, analysis and discussion of some of the classic works of Spanish and Latin American literature. Taught in English. Does not count toward the Spanish minor. May be taken only once for credit toward the Spanish major. Cross-listed as SPAN 330. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA)

• ENVR 495-901 ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD STUDIES
  Field course taught abroad or in a remote setting within the United States. Particular attention to the interdisciplinary environmental issues associated with the particular location in which the field study occurred, from a primarily humanistic or social science perspective. Credit variable depending upon the course. May be taken twice for different field courses. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Variable hours per week.

• MUSC 316-901 TOPICS IN MUSIC HISTORY
  Special topics course. Studies and discussion of a particular past or contemporary period or aspect of music literature. Such topics may include world music, folk music, jazz, rock, blues, and modern music. May be used as an upper-level music literature requirement for the music major. May be taken three times under different course titles. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

• SPAN 102-902 ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
  Continued skill development in spoken and written Spanish with further study of major structures. Recommended Prerequisite: SPAN 101 or at least one year of high school Spanish. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

• SPAN 202-902 SPANISH IN REVIEW
  Refinement and application of language skills by exploring diverse forms of expression in Spanish. Satisfies the language requirement for English majors. Recommended Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or at least three years of high school Spanish. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

• SPAN 300-901 TOPICS IN SPANISH
  Study of an author, period, movement, genre or theme. Topic varies semester to semester. May be repeated once with new content. Prerequisite/Corequisite: SPAN 310 or SPAN 313. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 300-902 TOPICS IN SPANISH
  Study of an author, period, movement, genre or theme. Topic varies semester to semester. May be repeated once with new content. Prerequisite/Corequisite: SPAN 310 or SPAN 313. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 300-903 TOPICS IN SPANISH
  Study of an author, period, movement, genre or theme. Topic varies semester to semester. May be repeated once with new content. Prerequisite/Corequisite: SPAN 310 or SPAN 313. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 310-001 ORAL & WRITTEN COMPOSITION
  Develops facility to sustain oral and written discussion in Spanish. Students practice the basic patterns of Spanish syntax and develop vocabulary by preparing frequent oral and written compositions. Recommended Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or equivalent experience. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 310-902 ORAL & WRITTEN COMPOSITION
  Develops facility to sustain oral and written discussion in Spanish. Students practice the basic patterns of Spanish syntax and develop vocabulary by preparing frequent oral and written compositions. Recommended Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or equivalent experience. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 312-901 CONVERSATION
  Develops confidence and correctness in spoken Spanish through practice in conversation, reports and discussions. Prerequisite or Corequisite: SPAN 310. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 315-901 SPAN CULTURE & CIVILIZATION
  Study of key cultural patterns in Spanish life including the themes of religion, family relationships and festivals and the dilemmas of work-leisure, sports-cruelty and honor-death through prose, drama and other selected material. Recommended Prerequisite or corequisite: SPAN 310 or 313. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 319-901 INTO TO SPAN LINGUISTICS
  Study of the main areas of linguistics, such as phonology, morphology, syntax and sociolinguistics, with special attention paid to the varieties of Spanish spoken in different countries and in teh U.S. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 335-901 SURVEY OF SPAN LITERATURE
  A survey of the foundation literary texts, authors and movements from the Middle Ages through contemporary Spain. Recommended Prerequisite/Corequisite: SPAN 310. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

• SPAN 336-901 SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN LIT
  Study of the evolution of Latin American literature. Provides students with the opportunity to read, analyze, discuss and write about seminal works by representative writers from each literary movement and genre. Recommended Prerequisite or Corequisite: SPAN 310. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

• SPAN 400-901 ADV STYLISTICS & ORAL EXPRES
  Refinement and sophistication of written and oral expression in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 310 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• SPAN 403-901 HISPANIC CULTURE THRU LIT
  Study of modern Spanish and Spanish American literature within its cultural context. Students will explore the literary text as cultural document including the roles of Afro-Hispanics, indigenous peoples, religion, women, politics and poverty in the formation of Hispanic cultures. May not receive credit for both SPAN 325 and SPAN 403. Prerequisites: SPAN 335 or 336 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Visit the GullNet Logon Page to logon and view the entire schedule of classes.

• Three SU Gilman Scholars Study in Ecuador, China
  Thursday, December 02, 2010
   
• First Students Enroll in Anqing Exchange Program
  Thursday, December 02, 2010
   
• SU Launches English Language Institute
  Friday, June 18, 2010
   
•  Two SU Students Named Gilman Scholars
  Thursday, December 03, 2009
   
•  Latin Cinema Lecutre Concludes 'Mind Shrapnel' Series April 30
  Wednesday, April 16, 2008
   
•   SU Opens New Center for International Education
  Thursday, May 04, 2006
   
•  SU Faculty Earn Promotions
  Friday, September 10, 2004
   

Visit the Press & Publications site for more information.