Office Schedule
My office is now LY 140
Biography
"Ned" Johnson is a charter member of the Kentucky Academic Association Hall of Fame, as well as a member of the Bardstown High Athletic Hall of Fame and the Bardstown/Nelson Co. (KY) Hall of Fame. He came to the college fifteen years ago as program director of the Dual Credit/International Study Program. He taught previously at Western Kentucky University and St. Catharine College, as well as serving the public schools as a K-12 tutorial coordinator and as a communications director. Mr. J, as students call him, also has 23 years experience in radio, as a sportscaster, newscaster, and morning drive personality. He has two children: Scott (34) and Erin (7).
Subjects Taught
English Language & Literature, Mass Communication
Course Schedule

= Ned Johnson has added information specific to this course.
(syllabus, video, class meeting times, etc.)
| 0465 Spring Term 2013 |
|
| Course | Section | Campus | Format | Starts | Ends |
|
AML 2020 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO PRESENT
| 1025 | TS | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
|
| Credits: |
3 |
| Description: |
"G" Prerequisite: (IDS 1101H or ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate score on the placement test. This is a course designed to survey American literature from 1865 to the present. Included are selected works of major writers such as Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, E. E. Cummings, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, Flannery O'Connor, James Baldwin, James Dickey, and Sylvia Plath. This course also stresses methods of library research and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. American Literature to 1865 is not necessarily a prerequisite to this course. Credit is not given for both AML 2020 and AML 2020H. 47 contact hours. |
|
|
CRW 2100 FICTION WORKSHOP
| 2843 | TS | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
|
| Credits: |
3 |
| Description: |
Prerequisite: CRW 2001 or permission of the dean. This course, offered for students desiring experience in the writing of fiction, is conducted under workshop conditions. The class will discuss outstanding contemporary fiction writers' work as positive examples, explore the elements of both short stories and novels, and analyze student fiction in a workshop situation. Term project will consist of a collection of stories or part of a novel, the parameters of which will be determined by the instructor. This course has a substantial writing requirement. 47 contact hours. |
|
|
ENC 1101 COMPOSITION I
| 300 | TS | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
|
| Credits: |
3 |
| Description: |
Prerequisite: (ENC 0025) and (prerequisite or corequisite REA 0017) or EAP 1695 or appropriate scores on the Writing and Reading placement tests. This course is designed to develop composition skills. It emphasizes the development of the multi-paragraph essay and includes practice in information retrieval from electronic and other sources, as well as in the selection, restriction, organization, and development of topics. It also offers the student opportunities to improve proficiency with sentence structure, diction, and mechanics. Selected writing samples are examined as models of form and as sources of ideas for the student's own writing. Conferences provide individual instruction. Sections of computer-assisted and individualized instruction are offered. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for one of the following: ENC 1101, ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H. 47 contact hours. |
|
|
ENC 1102 COMPOSITION II
| 1832 | TS | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
|
| Credits: |
3 |
| Description: |
Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate scores on the English and Reading placement test. This course builds upon the skills developed in Composition I. It provides further instruction in the planning, organization, and writing of essays. It stresses methods of library research including information retrieval from electronic sources, and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. The reading includes selections from at least two forms of literature. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both ENC 1102 and ENC 1122H. 47 contact hours. |
|
|
ENC 1102 COMPOSITION II
| 345 | TS | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
|
| Credits: |
3 |
| Description: |
Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate scores on the English and Reading placement test. This course builds upon the skills developed in Composition I. It provides further instruction in the planning, organization, and writing of essays. It stresses methods of library research including information retrieval from electronic sources, and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. The reading includes selections from at least two forms of literature. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both ENC 1102 and ENC 1122H. 47 contact hours. |
|
|
JOU 2100 JOURNALISTIC WRITING AND REPORTING
| 1344 | TS | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
|
| Credits: |
3 |
| Description: |
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H. This course is an introduction to the profession of journalism and to the theory and practice of writing news. Students are given practical experience in gathering news and writing and copyreading both news and feature stories. Student needs and demand determine the emphasis on grammar and usage. This course has a substantial writing requirement. 47 contact hours. |
|
|