English
ENGL 100 – Basic Writing Skills 3
A developmental course designed to improve students’ basic writing skills. The course is intended to help students address deficiencies in their use of standard written English and to provide instruction in the creation of well-developed, coherent paragraphs. Required of students with English ACT scores below 18. Fall, Spring.
ENGL 100SI – Basic Writing Skills Supplemental Instruction 1
This course is a mandatory supplemental instruction for students enrolled in English 100, Basic Writing Skills. Students will learn course concepts in hands-on activities which emphasize academic development of content area knowledge Co-requisites: ENGL 100 – Basic Writing Skills. Fall, Spring.
ENGL 110 – College Composition I 3
Guided practice in college-level reading, writing, and critical thinking. In addition, students will review the fundamentals of English grammar: punctuation, usage, sentence structure, and paragraphing. Fall, Spring.
ENGL 111H – Honors Composition I 3
Accelerated reading, writing, and critical thinking activities designed to enhance qualified students’ well-developed skills of language use. Fall
ENGL 120 – College Composition II 3
Advanced practice in college-level writing from sources and in applying rhetorical strategies. Pre-requisite: ENGL 110 – College Composition I. Spring
ENGL 121HH – Honors Composition II 3
Accelerated practice of college-level writing for qualified students who demonstrate advanced skills of research and argumentation. Pre-requisite: ENGL 111H – Honors Composition I. Spring
ENGL 210 – College Composition III 3
Advanced development of writing skills which emphasizes increasingly sophisticated and effective rhetoric and style. Pre-requisites: ENGL 110 – College Composition I and ENGL 120 – College Composition II. Fall
ENGL 211 – Introduction to Creative Writing 3
Guided practice in writing skills related to the imaginative uses of language. Pre-requisites: ENGL 110 – College Composition I and ENGL 120 – College Composition II. Fall
ENGL 213 – Literary Publications 3
Introduction to creative magazine publishing. Pre-requisites: ENGL 110 – College Composition I and ENGL 120 – College Composition II. Spring
ENGL 220 – Introduction to Literature 3
Reading and discussion of representative examples of poetry, drama, and fiction, with emphasis upon the use of common literary terminology. Fall, Spring, Summer
ENGL 225 – Introduction to Film 3
The study of filmed drama, especially motion pictures, as a literary form. Offered on demand
ENGL 232 – Mythology 3
A study of representative myths, legends, and folklore from various cultures with emphasis upon the literary aspects of myth. Spring
ENGL 236 – Women and Literature 3
The study of literary texts by and about women including gender roles as a literary theme. Offered on demand
ENGL 241 – World Literature I 3
Readings from the major representative texts of the western European tradition from antiquity through medieval times. Fall
ENGL 242 – World Literature II 3
Continuing survey of the western European tradition, including representative texts from the Renaissance through the modern world. Spring
ENGL 251 – British Literature I 3
A survey of major works by British writers from the Anglo-Saxon Period through the Eighteenth Century. Fall
ENGL 252 – British Literature II 3
Continuing survey of British Literature from the Romantic Age to the present. Spring
ENGL 261 – American Literature I 3
A survey of literature in English by Americans from the British Colonial Period until the Civil War. Fall
ENGL 262 – American Literature II 3
Continuing survey of American writers and writing since the Civil War. Spring
ENGL 300 – Technical Writing 3
Technical Writing is designed for students who desire to expand their writing skills for future careers in writing and business fields. Projects will include writing abstracts and summaries, descriptions, instructions, proposals, and reports. This study will include issues of standard usage and style as related to effective technical writing. Pre-requisites: ENGL 110 – College Composition I and ENGL 120 – College Composition II. Spring
ENGL 305 – Writing About Literature 3
In Writing About Literature students develop advanced skills through writing essays about several different literary genres and by applying varieties of critical perspectives. Pre-requisites: ENGL 110 – College Composition I and ENGL 120 – College Composition II. Fall
ENGL 310 – Advanced Creative Writing 3
Students in Advanced Creative Writing will develop projects of their own choosing in consultation with the instructor and bring these projects through drafts and revisions to finished products suitable for publication. Pre-requisite: ENGL 211 – Introduction to Creative Writing. Spring
ENGL 315 – Structure and History of English 3
Structure and History considers the historical and linguistic influences that have shaped English into the international language of the modern world. The study emphasizes the grammar and usage of the language focusing on structural and transformational approaches. Fall
ENGL 325 – Shakespeare 3
This study of the drama of the most influential of British writers includes representative plays from the histories, tragedies, comedies, and romances as well as the historical and literary backgrounds that have influenced the plays. Pre-requisite: ENGL 251 – British Literature I. Fall
ENGL 350 – Studies in American Literature 3
This advanced course in American Literature considers a theme, genre, or movement of importance in American letters. Students should expect to do independent research leading to presentations. Recent topics have included: Contemporary Fiction, African American Literature, and The Short Story. Pre-requisites: ENGL 261 – American Literature I and ENGL 262 – American Literature II. Fall
ENGL 355 – Studies in Major American Writers 3
Students study the work of one or more writers of significance in American letters. The seminar requires students to do thorough literary research and writing. Recent topics have included: Mark Twain, Charles Johnson, and Ralph Ellison. Pre-requisites: ENGL 261 – American Literature I and ENGL 262 – American Literature II. Spring
ENGL 360 – Studies in Drama 3
This occasional course focuses on a particular aspect of dramatic literature including backgrounds and criticism. Offered on demand
ENGL 370 – Studies in Novel 3
This occasional course considers selected novels, criticism, and issues of long, prose fiction. Offered on demand
ENGL 380 – Studies in Poetry 3
This occasional course focuses on particular aspects of the criticism, history, and techniques of poetry, including issues of style and prosody. Offered on demand
ENGL 382 – Adolescent Literature 3
Students will study representative examples of literary materials appropriate for teaching in middle and secondary schools, including analysis of texts to determine grade level appropriateness. Fall
At least one course in a period of British Literary Studies, numbers 405-435, will be offered each semester.
ENGL 405 – British Medieval Literature 3
In British Medieval Literature students read the early literature of Britain including medieval drama and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Pre-requisite: ENGL 251 – British Literature I.
ENGL 410 – British Tudor and Jacobean Literature 3
Although this study excludes the drama of Shakespeare, it includes the work of many of his contemporaries including poets such as Sidney and Spenser and dramatists such as Marlowe and Jonson. Pre-requisite: ENGL 251 – British Literature I.
ENGL 415 – British Stuart Literature 3
British Stuart Literature emphasizes the poetry of the 17th Century including the metaphysical poets and the epic poet Milton. Pre-requisite: ENGL 251 – British Literature I.
ENGL 420 – British Restoration and
18th Century Literature 3
This course includes representative drama following the re-establishment of the British monarchy and emphasizes the work of Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Johnson. Pre-requisite: ENGL 251 – British Literature I.
ENGL 425 – British Romantic Literature 3
British Romantic Literature emphasizes the work of the six great writers of the first half of the 19th Century: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Byron, and Shelly. Pre-requisite: ENGL 252 – British Literature II.
ENGL 430 – British Victorian Literature 3
Students enrolled in Victorian Literature study writing from the mid-19th to the turn of the century including works of writers such as Tennyson, Browning, Ruskin, Arnold, Newman, Huxley, and Lewis Carroll. Pre-requisite: ENGL 252 – British Literature II.
ENGL 435 – Modern British Literature 3
Modern British Literature focuses on the literature of the 20th Century emphasizing literary modernism and writers such as Yeats, Forster, Joyce, Lawrence, Eliot, and Beckett as well as contemporary writers represented by Pinter, Stoppard, Lessing, or Heaney. Pre-requisite: ENGL 252 – British Literature II.
ENGL 440 – Literary Criticism 3
Students in Literary Criticism study the major movements and theories beginning with Plato and Aristotle, including Neo-classical and Romantic theories and the development of New Criticism and subsequent schools of Structuralism and Post- Structuralism (Semiotics, Deconstruction, New Historicism, Marxism, and Feminism). Offered on demand
ENGL 480 – Senior Project 1
In consultation with a faculty adviser the student develops a research or creative project resulting in a literary product and presents it to an audience of students and faculty from the Department of Language and Literature during the annual English Conference. In order to successfully complete this course, the student is responsible for registering his or her project with the conference organizer at least one week before the conference. Pre-requisite: 24 semester hours of English and the consent of the instructor. Fall, Spring
ENGL 291, 491 – English Seminar 1-6
This course is designed for the exploration of specific topics which are not covered in regularly scheduled course work. ENGL 491 is a writing intensive and capstone course.
ENGL 292, 492 – Experimental Course 1-4
A unique course, designated by an instructor and/or department, not currently listed in the University catalog. An experimental course may be offered for a maximum of two semesters. After that time, the course must be either assigned an appropriate permanent course number and formally listed in the University catalog, or its usage must be discontinued.
ENGL 293, 493 – Peer Tutoring 1-6
Students may earn credits by offering their services to other students by assisting them with their studies as an academic tutor. Tutors are needed every semester in almost all academic areas. Interested students should contact Student Support Services (second floor) May Hall, room 211, for specific information. (Maximum eight credits may be applied to graduation.)
ENGL 294, 494 – Independent Study,
Undergraduate Research 1-6
INDEPENDENT STUDY: An individualized study not listed as a regular course in the University catalog. Content, etc., to be determined by instructor and student. Requires approval by department chair.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: Research topic must be approved prior to registration by instructor. Written analysis of research activities required at end of semester. Requires approval department chair.
ENGL 295, 495 – Service Learning 1-6
Credits may be granted for extra-curricular activities for which there is a direct connection and correlation between the activity and the academic objectives of a specific course in the University catalog. The appropriateness of the activity and subsequently awarding of academic credit will be at the discretion of the appropriate departmental chair.
ENGL 296, 496 – Study Tours 1-6
Provides students the opportunity to make an extensive trip to a location either inside or outside the United States, which will subsequently provide the student with life experiences that relate directly to a specific academic discipline. Not available in all departments. Available at departmental and discipline discretion only.
ENGL 297, 497 – English Internship, Externship, Cooperative Education 1-6
Students will be placed in an off-campus company or agency which will provide the student with specific activities that will demonstrate the correlation between academic study and an actual work experience. The number of credits will be determined by the length of the internship and the hours worked.
ENGL 299, 499 – Special Topics, Readings 1-6
SPECIAL TOPICS: A uniquely-designed advanced topics course within a specific discipline. Course content and other related academic requirements to be determined by the instructor.
READINGS: Readings in educational and various specific professional publications and journals related to a specific academic discipline.