ENGL 252 - Vocabulary Building

Units: 4
Designed to help students build varied, precise vocabularies; introduces the historical development and present-day resources of the English vocabulary; special attention given to Latin and Greek word-building prefixes, suffixes, and elements.

Equivalent Quarter Course: ENGL 2010.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the methods and technical knowledge of vocabulary study in general;
demonstrate knowledge of the informational resources available for the study of vocabulary, particularly on-line resources;
demonstrate knowledge of the characteristic processes of word formation in English;
demonstrate knowledge of the common prefixes and suffixes derived from Latin, and Greek.