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P = Prerequisite, R = Recommended, C = Concomitant
I = Fall Semester, II = Spring Semester, S = Summer Session(s)
ENG E301 Literatures In English To 1600 (3 cr.) The historical study of literature in English from
the period 450 to 1600. Selections may include Beowulf, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
I
ENG E302 Literatures In English 1600-1800 (3 cr.) Representative study of British literature of the
sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries in the context of transatlantic cultural developments. Writers may include
Shakespeare, Milton, and Swift. II
ENG E303 Literatures In English 1800-1900 (3 cr.) Representative study of nineteenth-century
British literature in the context of transatlantic cultural developments. Selections may include writers from
Wordsworth, Jane Austen, and the Brontės to Kipling and Conrad. II
ENG E304 Literatures In English 1900-present (3 cr.) Representative study of various literatures
written in English in twentieth century. Focus on themes associated with shared cultures and concerns. Selections may
include writers from Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster to Chinua Achebe and Anita Desai. I
ENG G013 Reading and Writing For Academic Purposes (International Students) (3 cr.) This course is
designed primarily for graduate ESL students. Its purpose is to develop academic reading and writing skills necessary
to complete graduate work. Assignments are completed using materials from the students' academic disciplines.
ENG G020 Communication Skills For Graduate Students (3 cr.) This is a course for international
graduate students which provides instruction on communication and presentation skills. The oral proficiency required to
discuss and present academic materials is developed. Language skills and classroom interaction skills are practiced
while focusing on individual needs.
ENG G205 Introduction to the English Language (3 cr.) Elementary phonetics, phonology, and
grammatical analysis; historical and comparative linguistics; language variation; English language as considered in
relation to other languages. I, II, S
ENG G301 History of the English Language (3 cr.) Historical and structural analysis of the English
language in stages of its development. Political and social events affecting development of language: evolution of
modern phonology, syntax, and semantics. II (alternate years)
ENG G302 Structure of Modern English (3 cr.) P: ENG G205 or ENG G301. Linguistic analysis of
present-day American English, with attention to its phonemic and syntactical systems and its social dimensions. II
(alternate years)
ENG G553 Linguistics and the Teacher of English (3 cr.) Primarily for secondary-school and
junior-college teachers of English. II (alternate years)
ENG L101 Western World Masterpieces I (3 cr.) Literary masterpieces from Homer to Chaucer. Aims to
teach thoughtful, intensive reading, and to introduce students to the aesthetic values of the classical literary
heritage of Western literature. I, II, S
ENG L102 Western World Masterpieces II (3 cr.) Literary masterpieces from Shakespeare to the
present. Introduces the student to the literature of the modern world and its aesthetic and philosophical values. May be
taken before ENG L101. I, II, S
ENG L141 Introduction to Writing and the Study of Literature I (4 cr.) Intensive, two-semester
writing sequence focuses on problems of knowledge for characters and readers in the first semester, on relations of
power between western nations and their colonial territories in the second semester, including dominant and subordinate
voices. Completion of sequence fulfills elementary composition and CLAS Western Culture 2 requirements.
ENG L142 Introduction to Writing and the Study of Literature II (4 cr.) Second semester of ENG
L141-ENG L142 sequence. See ENG L141 for course description.
ENG L150 Representative American Writers (3 cr.) Emphasizes writing after the Civil War; variable
thematic topics have included immigration, stories about wealth, poverty, and the American dream, and stories about new
horizons and frontiers.
Freshmen who seek admission to 200-level English courses must have (1) passed ENG L101, ENG L102, or ENG L150 with a
minimum grade of C or (2) obtained the consent of instructor.
ENG L202 Literary Interpretation (3 cr.) Through discussion and writing, students examine how
tradition and experiment find form in poetry, fiction, and drama; how form embodies the writer's cultural and personal
values; and how each act of reading gives context to the literary work. Course can be taken twice for credit. I, II
ENG L203 Introduction to Drama (3 cr.) Representative group of significant plays to acquaint
students with characteristics of drama as a type of literature.
ENG L204 Introduction to Fiction (3 cr.) Representative works of fiction; stresses structural
technique in the novel, theories and kinds of fiction, and thematic scope of the novel.
ENG L205 Introduction to Poetry (3 cr.) Analysis of kinds, conventions, and elements of poetry from
several historical periods through class discussion and writing of papers. Attention to critical method.
ENG L207 Women and Literature (3 cr.) A variable topics course that focuses either on the North
American experience (with units on black writers, nineteenth century writers, major new voices, and lesbian writers) or
on England and the continent (with units on the Renaissance woman, manners and rebellion, nineteenth century male views
of women, and twentieth century female views of women). Fulfills liberal arts and sciences requirements III.A.2 or
III.B.2.
ENG L220 Introduction to Shakespeare (3 cr.) Introduces a range of Shakespearean genres, including
comedies, tragedies, history plays, narrative poems, and sonnets. Attention to Shakespeare's life and historical
background
ENG L222 Introduction to Literary Criticism (3 cr.) Through discussion and writing, students examine
representative literary works to discover how contemporary critical theories such as deconstructionism, feminism, new
historicism, and psychoanalysis shape and illuminate interpretation. II
Students enrolling in junior- and senior-level courses should have completed ENG W131. Courses open only to juniors
and seniors except by consent of instructor.
ENG L305 Chaucer (3 cr.) Chaucer's works, with special emphasis on Troilus and Criseyde and the
Canterbury Tales.
ENG L313 Early Plays of Shakespeare (3 cr.) The course concentrates on Shakespeare's history plays,
and it addresses the following problems: (1) history or chronicle as dramatic genre, (2) Shakespeare as historian, (3)
the rhetoric of history, and (4) fact, truth, and art.
ENG L314 Late Plays of Shakespeare: Tragedy and Romance (3 cr.) An intensive reading of the great
tragedies and at least two of the late romances. The course deals with Shakespeare's treatment of tragedy and of romance
as genre, as well as with the merits of the individual plays.
ENG L327 Later Eighteenth Century Literature (3 cr.) Major poetry and prose, 1730-1800, with
emphasis on Johnson and Boswell.
ENG L329 Romantic Literature (3 cr.) Major Romantic writers, with emphasis on two or more of the
following: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats.
ENG L335 Victorian Literature (3 cr.) Major poetry and prose, 1830-1900, studied against social and
intellectual background of period.
ENG L347 British Fiction to 1800 (3 cr.) Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified
by such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, and Burney.
ENG L348 Nineteenth Century British Fiction (3 cr.) Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as
exemplified by such writers as the Brontės, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.
ENG L351 American Literature, 1800-1865 (3 cr.) A study of major American writers to 1865, including
such figures as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson.
ENG L354 American Literature Since 1914 (3 cr.) American writers since 1914, representing both the
traditional canon and minority literature.
ENG L355 American Fiction to 1900 (3 cr.) Representative nineteenth century American novels.
ENG L358 Twentieth Century American Fiction (3 cr.) American fiction since 1900, including such
writers as Wharton, Chopin, Wright, Morrison, DeLillo, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner.
ENG L369 Studies in British and American Authors (3 cr.) Studies in single authors (such as
Wordsworth and Melville), groups of authors (such as the Pre-Raphaelites), and periods (such as American writers of
the 1920s). Topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated once for credit.
ENG L373 Interdisciplinary Approaches to English and American Literature (3 cr.) The study of
literature from dual perspectives, such as those of literature and science.
ENG L379 American Ethnic and Minority Literature (3 cr.) The study of the literature of various
ethnic and minority groups as both a reflection of and a response to the experiences of these groups in America.
ENG L381 Recent Writing (3 cr.) Selected writers of contemporary significance. May include groups
and movements (such as black writers, poets of projective verse, new regionalists, parajournalists and other
experimenters in pop literature, folk writers, and distinctly ethnic writers); several recent novelists, poets, or
critics; or any combination of groups. May be repeated once for credit by special arrangement with the Department of
English.
ENG L388 Studies in Irish Literature and Culture (3 cr.) Studies in single authors, such as Yeats or
Joyce; groups of authors, such as contemporary Irish poets; periods, such as the Irish literary renaissance; and genres,
such as modern Irish drama. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
ENG L390 Children's Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 and any second-level writing requirement, both
with a C or better. English will add prerequisite per K. LaMar-Clark. Historical and modern children's books and
selections from books; designed to assist future teachers, parents, librarians, or others in selecting the best in
children's literature. I, II, S
Open only to seniors except by consent of instructor, these seminars should not be taken until all or almost all
other major courses have been completed.
ENG L450 Seminar: British and American Authors (3 cr.) Intensive study of a major author or a school
of closely related authors.
ENG L460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme (3 cr.) Study of texts in several historical
periods united by a common mode or form (narrative, romanticism, lyric, etc.) or by a common theme (bildungsroman, the
city and the country, the two cultures question, etc).
ENG L495 Individual Reading in English (1-3 cr.) Tutorial reading and research program on a subject
proposed by the student. Must be arranged during previous semester. May be repeated once for credit.
ENG L553 Studies in Literature (3 cr.) Primarily for secondary-school and junior-college teachers of
English. Emphasis on thematic, analytic, and generic study. With consent of instructor, may be repeated once for
credit.
ENG W031 Pre-Composition (3 cr.) This course prepares students for college writing at the ENG W130
level by focusing on fundamental writing skills in an academic context; in particular, summary, analysis, and synthesis.
The course presents writing as an interpretive act, organization as the logical progression of ideas, and grammar as the
effective conveyance of meaning. Students will learn revision as the thoughtful development of ideas and editing as the
direct and accurate presentation of those ideas. S/F grading.
ENG W031 Pre-Composition/ESL (3 cr.) The course prepares ESL students for college writing at the ENG
W130 level by focusing on interpreting text and fundamental writing skills in an academic context. Students will learn
about the presentation of ideas, organization of ideas, and revision of written work. Specific ESL writing issues will
be addressed.
ENG W130 Principles of Composition (3 cr.) In this course, students should become more confident as
interpreters of college-level reading and will become well-prepared for developing their ideas in relation to those
texts. The courses focuses on using summary, analysis, and systhesis to produce thoughtful, organized, theory-driven
essays, and will continue to work on organization strategies and effective language use within that context.
ENG W130 Principles of Composition/ESL (3 cr.) In this course, ESL students will focus on
interpreting college-level reading and developing their ideas in relation to those texts in order to become
well-prepared for ENG W131. The course focuses on using summary, analysis, and synthesis to produce thoughtful,
organized, theory-driven essays. Specific ESL writing issues will be addressed.
ENG W131 Elementary Composition (3 cr.) In this course, students will expand their range of
strategies for interpreting academic texts, for developing their ideas in relation to those texts, and for expressing
those ideas in thoughtful, organized, theory-driven essays, while continuing to work on the effective organization and
presentation of those ideas. ENG W131 addresses those goals at a more challenging level that ENG W130 and also includes an
introduction to college level research writing
Students must have a C or better in ENG W131 in order to enroll in a 200-level writing course.
ENG W140 Elementary Composition—Honors (3 cr.) P: A qualifying score on the English placement
examination or a passing grade in ENG W130, plus consent of the instructor or honors director. Academic and persuasive
writing with an emphasis on clarity, grace, and individual style. Meets liberal arts and sciences writing
requirement.
ENG W203 Creative Writing (3 cr.) Exploratory course in writing in which students may attempt
effective expression in poetry, fiction, and drama. May be repeated once for credit. I, II, S
ENG W231 Professional Writing Skills (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent. A course designed to develop
research and writing skills requisite for most academic and professional activities. Emphasis on organizational skills
and writing techniques useful in job-related writing situations. I, II, S
ENG W234 Technical Report Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
Instruction in preparing technical proposals and reports, with an introduction to the use of graphics. II
ENG W250 Writing in Context (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent. A course designed to provide a
subject-matter context for reading, writing, and research assignments of increasing complexity. Topics of general
interests (e.g. autobiography, nature writing, science and society, teacher and child, American business, prison life,
etc.) will vary from section to section. Course may be taken twice for credit. I, II
ENG W260 Film Criticism (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent. This course surveys the major schools of
film criticism and applies these theories to contemporary films. Students may write in the manner of the different
critical approaches studied. Schools of film criticism considered may include formalism, auteur theory, genre studies,
and feminist film theory.
ENG W301 Writing Fiction (3 cr.) P: Submission of acceptable manuscripts to instructor in advance of
registration. R: ENG W203. May be repeated once for credit.
ENG W302 Screenwriting (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent or permission of instructor. A practical
course in basic techniques of writing for film. Examine film screenplay structure and analyze the dramatic strategies of
films. Learn to use the correct script format, and to creatively engage in the various stages of original dramatic
scriptwriting. Covers the essentials of dramatic structure, story development, characterization and theme, scene
construction, and dialogue.
ENG W303 Writing Poetry (3 cr.) P: Submission of acceptable manuscripts to instructor in advance of
registration. R: ENG W203. May be repeated once for credit.
ENG W350 Advanced Expository Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent. Intended for students who
enjoy writing essays, the course focuses on developing style and voice through a range of increasingly sophisticated
assignments. A significant goal of the course is for students to learn to write with facility, grace, and effectiveness,
and as editors and readers to recognize those qualities in the writing of others.
ENG W401 Advanced Fiction Writing (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Course may be taken twice for
credit.
ENG W553 Theory and Practice of Exposition (3 cr.) Primarily for secondary-school and junior-college
teachers of English.
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