ENGLISH (ENG)
College of Liberal Studies
Department Chair: Susan Crutchfield
433A Wimberly Hall, 608.785.8295
e-mail:
crutchfi.susa@uwlax.edu
Professors: Butterfield, Hogan, Jessee, Lan, Young;
Associate Professors: Cashion, Crank, Crutchfield, Hart, D., Konas, Pribek;
Assistant Professors: Barillas, DeFazio, Eschenbaum, Fowler, Gray, Kopp, Mann, Moeller, Parker, tobb, Sultzbach, Thoune, Wilkie;
Lecturers: Anderson,
Dansereau, Friesen, Handtke, Hart, K., Heckman, Jett, Kopplin,
Lombard, Mohlenhoff-Baggett, Purz, Schaaf, Scholze.
English Major – Literature Emphasis
(All colleges, excluding Teacher Certification
programs) — 36 credits
I. Preparation: four credits — ENG 301, Foundations for Literary Studies. May be taken concurrently with one
300-level literature course; must complete ENG 301 before enrolling in a second 300 - level literature
course.
II. Foundational
course work: 24 credits.
A. Shakespeare: three credits from ENG 363 or 364
B. Writing: three credits from ENG 304, 305, 313.
C. Language Studies: three credits from ENG 330, 332, 333, 334,
337, 338.
D. American/British Literary Traditions Before 1800: three credits from ENG 302*, 361, 362, 366,
370.
E. American/British Literary Traditions After 1800: six credits. Three credits from ENG 302*, 367,
368; three credits from ENG
302, 371, 372.
F. Multicultural/International Literatures: three credits from ENG 302*, 356, 357, 380, 381, 382,
385.
G. Genre: three credits from ENG 302*, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344,
347, 348, 349, 355.
III.
Advanced Course Work: eight credits
A. Specialized Period/Author/Genre/Topic Courses: six credits from ENG 403, 432, 445, 446, 449,
462, 463, 464, 466, 467,
469, 470, 471, 472, 476, 477, 478, 481, 482, 494, 495.
B. Capstone: two credits, ENG 484.
English Major - Rhetoric and Writing Emphasis
(All colleges, excluding Teacher Certification
programs) — 37 credits.
Courses listed in more than one category may
be counted only once.
I. Preparation: four credits — ENG 301, Foundations for Literary Studies. May be taken concurrently
with one 300 – level literature course. English Majors must complete ENG 301 before enrolling in a
second 300 - level literature course.
II.
Foundational course work: 15 credits
A. Rhetoric and Composition: three credits — ENG 333.
B. Prose Style and Editing: three credits — ENG 313
C. Shakespeare: three credits from ENG 363 or 364
D. Language and Grammar: three credits from ENG 330, 332, 432
E. Literature: three credits from any 300 - or 400 - level
course.
III.
Advanced course work: nine credits
A. Advanced Writing: three credits, from ENG 304, 305, 306, 307,
308, 309, 325, 326, 343
B. Senior Seminar: three credits — ENG 497
C. Capstone: three credits — ENG 413
IV. Electives: nine credits from ENG 299, 302*, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 325, 326, 327, 330, 332,
334, 335, 337, 343, 355, 403, 416, 417, 432, 433, 434, 446, 449,
450, CST 370.
English Education Major (Early
Adolescence-Adolescence Certification)
(Teacher Certification programs) — 44 credits
- Students are required to complete a 44 credit major core
including ENG 405.
A. Foundations (14 credits): ENG 301, 332,
333, 405
Courses listed in more than
one category may be counted only once.
B. Language/Linguistics (three credits –
select one course): ENG 330, 334, 338, 432
C. Writing (three credits – select one
course): ENG 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309
D. Rhetoric & Writing Studies (six credits): ENG 433 PLUS three credits from: ENG 313, 320, 325, 326, 327, 334, 335, 434,
497
E. Adolescent Literature (three credits): ENG
341
F. Literature Before 1800 (six credits with one Shakespeare course is required - three credits): ENG 203+, 302*, 361, 362,
363, 364, 366, 370, 403*,
462*, 463, 464, 470*, 481*, 482*, 494*, 495*
G. World Literatures (three credits – select one course): ENG 205+, 206+, 208+, 302*, 356, 357, 403*, 469, 481*, 482*,
494*, 495*
H. 19th-20th Century (three credits – select one course): American & British Literature: ENG 202+, 204+, 302*, 367, 368,
371, 372, 380, 381, 403*, 462*,
466, 467, 469, 470*, 471, 472, 476, 477, 478, 481*, 482*, 494*,
495*
I. Multicultural, Minority, Ethnic, and Women’s Literature (three credits – select one course): ENG 207+, 210+, 215+, 302*,
380, 381, 382, 385, 462*, 470*,
476, 477, 478, 481*, 482, 494*, 495*
*When appropriately focused.
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Must select at least six credits from courses numbered 400 and above, excluding ENG 433.
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Only one course at the 200 level may be counted for the English Education major.
+ This one
200-level course may be counted simultaneously toward the
requirements for General Education.
Click here for additional teacher certification requirements.
English Minor
(All colleges, excluding Teacher Certification
programs and excluding English majors with literature emphasis)
— 26 credits – ENG 110 or 112; 6–9 credits from ENG 203 or 204
and at least one of the following: ENG 201, 202, 205, 206, 207,
208, 210, 215; 14-17 credits of English elective courses ENG 302
and ENG courses 338 and above. May also include ENG 301 or 305;
ENG 330 or 332 or 432.
English Education Minor
(Teacher Certification programs — Early
Adolescence-Adolescence or Early Childhood-Adolescence or Middle
Childhood-Early Adolescence) 19-23 credits
I.
Language/Linguistics: (three credits): ENG 330, 332, 334, 432
II. Writing: (six credits): ENG 306 PLUS three credits from: ENG 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 313, 325, 326, 343,
433
III. Literature (10 credits): ENG 301 (four credits)PLUS ENG 341 (three credits) PLUS three credits from: ENG
302, 342, 344, 347, 349, 356, 357, 361, 362, 363, 364, 366, 367, 368, 370, 371, 372, 380, 381, 382, 385,
445, 449, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467, 469, 470, 471, 472, 476, 477,
478, 481, 482, 494, 495
IV. Certification (required only for those seeking Early Adolescence-Adolescence certification) (four credits):
ENG 405
Click here for additional teacher certification requirements.
Creative Writing Minor
(All colleges) — 18 credits – ENG 305; (prior
to enrolling in the remaining courses in the minor, students
must meet with a creative writing adviser); three credits from
ENG 301, 313, 320, 330, 332, 337, 338, 343, 433; six credits
from literature courses, ENG 299, 302, 497 and ENG courses 340
through 495; three credits from ENG 446 or 449; three credits
from ENG 416 or 417.
Professional and Technical Writing Minor
(All colleges, except Teacher Certification
programs and English majors with writing/rhetoric emphasis) — 21
credits –Courses listed in more than one category may be counted
only once.
I.
Required Course (three credits from): ENG 335
II.
Professional Writing (three credits from): ENG 307,
309
III.
Technical Writing (three credits from): ENG 308
IV.
Publishing/Editing (three credits from): ENG 313, 320,
325, 326, 327
V. Electives (six credits from): ENG 303, 307, 308, 309, 313, 320 (max three credits), 325, 326, 327, 333, 497
(max three credits, may not be counted or repeated for dual credit) or up to six credits from CST 360, 370
(except for CST majors and Professional/Organizational
Communications minors).
VI.
Portfolio (one credit): ENG 413
VII.
Practicum (two credits): ENG 450
For English Majors/Writing Minors
English majors who elect to take one of the
writing minors must complete the requirements for both the major
and the minor. Only three credits from the major may also be
counted toward the minor.
For English Minors/Writing Minors
English minors who elect to take a writing
minor must complete the requirements for both. Only nine credits
from the English minor may also be counted toward the writing
minor.
English Department Honors Program
Requirements
I.
Admission
A. Junior standing
B. 12 credits in the major, including one English course
numbered 340 or above.
C. 3.25 cumulative grade point average in the major
D. Recommendation of two faculty members in the major
E. Submit application form
a. academic transcript
b. reasons for wishing to participate
c. signatures of recommending faculty members
II.
Program
A. Completion of the regular major program
B. English 403: Individual Projects — 2-3
credits. Registration with consent of regular adviser,
instructor, department chair and the dean of the college in
which the student is enrolled. Prerequisite: at least 30 credits
and excellent grades in English courses
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Until a greater number of students require more than one section offered more than once a year, ENG 403 will be offered each fall and will be staffed alternately by faculty whose fields of expertise are in American and English literature, with occasional staffing by those who teach world literature
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One consulting reader for the paper or project developed in ENG 403 may at times be necessary if the topic is narrowly confined to an esoteric field.
C. Reading lists: three lists covering major
works in major periods and all appropriate genres in English,
American, and world literature each to be compiled by the
appropriate literature committee. These are to be the basis for
the terminal examination.
D. Terminal examinations
1. These will be compiled yearly by the instructor responsible
for ENG 403
2. Consultation with experts in given fields may be requested
when necessary.
III.
Evaluation
A. A cumulative 3.50 grade point average at graduation in the
major
B. Distinguished performance on a paper or project developed in
ENG 403
C. Presentation of the paper or project to a colloquium of
faculty and students in the major
D. Superior performance on a terminal
examination in analytic skills and knowledge of a chosen period
or of a genre across two periods.
+ above a course number indicates a
General Education course.
ENG
050
Cr. 3 Transcript*
Fundamentals of Composition
English 050 will facilitate fluency in
writing. It will prepare students for the writing demands
encountered in English 110 and other academic environments. To
learn conventions of formal academic writing and to understand
and employ effective writing processes and habits are the
objectives of this course. Pass/Fail grading. *Transcript credit
does not count toward graduation. Offered Fall.
*Transcript credit does not count toward
graduation.
+
ENG
110
Cr. 3
College Writing I
This course in composition addresses writing
as a symbolic action that writers participate in for multiple
purposes, with diverse audiences, and in various genres. It
emphasizes writing as a thinking process through the learning
and practice of rhetorical strategies for inquiry, persuasion,
and collaboration in context. (Students who qualify with a grade
of "C" or better in ENG 110 will be exempt from further writing
requirements in the General Education skills category, but this
does not exempt students from the writing emphasis course
requirements. Students earning a grade of "F" must repeat ENG
110). Prerequisite: ENG 050 or equivalent placement on WRPT. Not
open for credit for students with credit in ENG 112. Offered
Fall, Spring.
+
ENG 112
Cr. 3
College Writing AP (Advanced Placement)
This course in composition addresses writing
as symbolic action that writers participate in for multiple
purposes, with diverse audiences, and in various genres. It
emphasizes writing as a thinking process through the learning
and practice of rhetorical strategies for inquiry, persuasion,
and collaboration in context. Students will be challenged at a
level appropriate to their placement. (Students who qualify with
a grade of "C" or better in ENG 112 will be exempt from further
writing requirements in the General Education Skills category,
but this does not exempt students from the writing emphasis
course requirement.) Students earning a grade of "D" or "F" must
repeat ENG 112. Prerequisite: a score of 3 or 4 on the AP
Placement Tests or equivalent placement. Not open for credit for
students with credit in ENG 110. Offered Fall, Spring.
+
ENG
200
Cr. 3
Literature and Human Experience
Intensive study of selected literary texts,
with emphasis on various ways of reading, studying, and
appreciating literature as an aesthetic, emotional, and cultural
experience. Content varies with instructor. Prerequisite: ENG
110 or 112; or ENG 112 taken at the same time. Offered Fall,
Spring.
+
ENG
201
Cr. 3
American Literature I
An exploration of American literature from
early times to the late nineteenth century; including such
authors as Bradstreet, Franklin, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, and
Dickinson. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112 taken at the
same time. Offered Fall, Spring.
+
ENG
202
Cr. 3
American Literature II
An exploration of American literature from the
late nineteenth century to the present; including such authors
as Twain, Freeman, James, Chopin, Frost, Hemingway, Faulkner,
Wright, and Bellow. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112
taken at the same time. Offered Fall, Spring.
+
ENG
203
Cr. 3
English Literature I
Encounters with major works of English
literature from medieval times through the eighteenth century,
including fiction, drama, essays, and poetry. Prerequisite: ENG
110 or 112; or ENG 112 taken at the same time. Offered Fall,
Spring.
+
ENG
204
Cr. 3
English Literature II
Encounters with major works of English
literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including
fiction, drama, essays, and poetry. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or
112; or ENG 112 taken at the same time. Offered Fall, Spring.
+
ENG
205
Cr. 3
Western Literature I
An examination of the expression and
development of the ideas and values of Western Civilization in
time-honored works of literature ranging from Biblical times,
through the Greek and Roman eras, to the European Middle Ages
and the Renaissance. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112
taken at the same time. Offered Fall.
+
ENG
206
Cr. 3
Western Literature II
An examination of the conflicting ideas and
values of Western Civilization as expressed in the literature of
the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries; with
special attention to the literary and cultural impact of science
and modern philosophy and the roots and identity of the modern
age. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112 taken at the same
time. Offered Spring.
+
ENG/ERS 207
Cr. 3
Multicultural Literature of the United States
This course examines cultural themes in
American literature in an effort to enhance student awareness of
the multi-ethnic nature of American culture. Students engage in
close reading, discussion, analysis, and interpretation of texts
written by individuals from a variety of American ethnic and
cultural backgrounds. Content varies with instructors.
Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112 taken at the same time.
(Cross-listed with ERS; may only earn credit in ENG or ERS.)
Offered Fall, Spring.
+
ENG
208
Cr. 3
International Studies in Literature
A study of representative authors from
selected regions and ages of the world, ranging from such
non-Western traditions as the Indic, Arabic, African, Chinese,
and Japanese to such Western traditions as the Icelandic,
Scandinavian, Australian, Russian, and South American. Content
and focus varies with instructors. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112;
or ENG 112 taken at the same time. Offered occasionally.
+
ENG/ERS 210
Cr. 3
The Literature of Black America
Survey and exploration of Black American prose
and poetry from their eighteenth century beginnings to the end
of the Harlem Renaissance and the depression years.
Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112 taken at the same time.
(Cross-listed with ERS; may only earn credit in ENG or ERS.)
Offered Fall.
+
ENG/ERS 215
Cr. 3
African American Authors
A study of the principal post-depression (1940
to present) African American authors, critics, and scholars
which clarifies the relationship between these writers and the
general field of American literature which illustrates their
unique contributions as representatives of African American
culture. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112 taken at the
same time. (Cross-listed with ERS; may only earn credit in ENG
or ERS.) Offered Spring.
+
ENG
220
Cr. 3
Women and Popular Culture
Fundamentals of cultural studies, with a focus
on analyzing representations of women in modern American popular
culture and their historical reception. Primary texts from media
such as film, television, advertising, and popular fiction will
be studied for how they communicate cultural values regarding
women and femininity. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; or ENG 112
taken at the same time. Offered occasionally.
ENG 299
Cr. 1
Writing Tutor Practicum
Writing Tutor Practicum is designed to offer
training and supervision for Writing Center tutors. The course
will include an overview of writing center history and theory,
an overview of writing process theory, and examination of best
practices for tutoring various client populations. Students will
develop a reflective tutoring practice based on readings and
course discussions. The course must be taken during the
student's first semester of employment in the Writing Center.
Failure to complete the course will result in termination of
employment in the Writing Center. Students who repeat the course
will engage more deeply with the content. Prerequisite: ENG 110
or 112; permission of instructor. Repeatable for credit —
maximum three. Offered Fall and Spring.
ENG
301
Cr. 4
Foundations For Literary Studies
An introduction to foundational knowledge and
skills for the advanced study of literature. The course fosters
understanding of the importance of historical, cultural, and
intellectual contexts for literary study as well as appreciation
for diversity of literary expression. Facility for critical work
with literature is developed through expanding students’
knowledge of literary genres and their understanding and use of
basic literary terminology and through enhancing their abilities
to do literary research, conduct close textual analysis, and
write critically about literature. Prerequisite: three credits
in 200-level English courses. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
302
Cr. 3
Intermediate Topics in Literature
An intermediate course exploring selected
topics in literature in relation to various historical or
cultural contexts. Topics vary according to the interests of
students and the instructor. Sample topics include: Horror
Literature and Film; Classical Greek Drama and Culture; the
Bible and/as Literature: Literature and Existentialism: Blues,
Jazz, and Literature. Open to all students. Repeatable for
credit — maximum six. Only three credits may be applied to an
English major or minor. Consult English Department for
application to major or minor. Prerequisite: three credits in
200-level English courses. Offered Fall.
ENG
303
Cr. 3
College Writing II
An advanced course devoted to the theory and
practice of expository writing and related rhetorical forms,
especially persuasion and argument. Emphasis placed on coherent
organization, clear and forceful phrasing, logical thinking and
other aspects of effective communication. Prerequisites: ENG 110
or 112; at least sophomore standing. Not open for credit in the
English education major or minors except for credit in the
professional writing minor. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
304
Cr. 3
Writing in the Arts and Humanities
An advanced writing course designed especially
for students majoring in the arts and humanities. The course
will focus on the types of inquiry and discourse appropriate to
these disciplines. Students will be instructed in the rhetorical
strategies of invention (that is, discovering content and
establishing lines of reasoning, analyzing audience, and
determining the writer’s purpose and persona), arrangement and
style. Prerequisites: ENG 110 or 112; at least sophomore
standing. Not open for credit in the English education major or
minors except for credit in the professional writing minor.
Offered annually.
ENG
305
Cr. 3
Creative Writing
An advanced course which emphasizes the
writing of poetry, short fiction, and analytical-evaluative
writing about each of these genres. The course is taught by a
practicing and published fiction writer or poet and is intended
as the basic course in the creative writing English minor. It is
also for those students interested in writing short fiction
and/or poems. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
306
Cr. 3
Writing for Teachers
An advanced writing course open to students
who intend to become teachers in any field. This course helps
students achieve several goals: understanding and practicing the
several steps of the writing process and the various types of
writing; exploring the ways in which writing can be a method of
learning; strengthening composition skills; developing a “theory
of composition” (a set of principles) which will serve students
well both as writers and as teachers of writing. Prerequisites:
ENG 110 or 112; at least sophomore standing. Not open for credit
in the creative writing minor. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
307
Cr. 3
Writing for Management, Public Relations and
the Professions
An advanced course focusing on written
communication for relations with clients, boards, organizations,
customers, constituents, or the public. Students practice
writing as an effective process of gathering and conveying
information, answering questions, and solving problems. The
course will explore appropriate language, tone, and format for
effective letters, memos, news releases, reports, proposals,
abstracts, and summaries. There is emphasis on purpose,
audience, and clarity. Prerequisites: ENG 110 or 112; at least
sophomore standing. Not open for credit in the English education
major or minors except for credit in the professional writing
minor. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
308
Cr. 3
Technical Writing
An advanced writing course designed for
technically oriented students whose career goals require skill
in conveying technical information through writing. Students
will become acquainted with the types of writing forms and
rhetorical styles which they are likely to encounter as
professionals and will practice using these styles with
technical subjects. Prerequisites: ENG 110 or 112; at least
sophomore standing. Not open for credit in the English education
major or minors except for credit in the professional writing
minor. Offered annually.
ENG
309
Cr. 3
Writing in the Sciences
An advanced writing course for students in the
sciences. The course will focus both on the role writing plays
in the conduct of scientific work and on the rhetorical and
stylistic conventions of the various scientific disciplines: in
short, on the relationship between writing and scientific
knowledge. Taught through an inquiry process, students will be
led to develop their composition skills and understanding as
they discover the procedures and conventions of their individual
disciplines. Prerequisites: ENG 110 or 112; at least sophomore
standing. Not open for credit in the English education major or
minors except for credit in the professional writing minor.
Offered annually.
ENG
313
Cr. 3
Prose Style and Editing
A practical course in developing a flexible
and effective capacity for writing prose. Students will master
techniques and strategies of emphasis, coherence, clarity,
conciseness, balance, and rhythm. Use of tropes and figures
(particularly metaphorical language and imagery) and tone will
be explored in the context of rhetorical appropriateness and
strategy. The course will provide students with the fundamentals
of prose technique—the basis for an art, which they can continue
to refine and develop for the rest of their lives. Prerequisite:
ENG 110 or 112. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
320
Cr. 3
Literary Journal Production/Publication
A workshop course in literary magazine
production and publication. The class will assemble and publish
a magazine of quality writing each semester. Emphasis will be
placed on inter-disciplinary and multicultural content and
participation. Prerequisite: 300-level writing course.
Repeatable for credit — maximum six. Not applicable for credit
in the English major or minor. Pass/Fail grading. Offered
Spring.
ENG
325
Cr. 3
Reporting and Copy Editing
Study of newsgathering methods; practice
organizing and writing; assigning and directing reporting and
writing; preparing news copy for publication. Prerequisite: ENG
110 or 112. Offered annually.
ENG
326
Cr. 3
Feature and Specialized Writing for
Journalism
Writing feature articles for newspapers and
magazines; includes study of genre and practice with information
gathering, interviewing, and composing and editing techniques.
Application of reporting and writing techniques to specialized
areas of news, such as editorials, reviews, sports, science and
business; includes critical and interpretive writing.
Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112. Offered annually.
ENG
327
Cr. 3
Publications Production
Planning, editing, designing of newspaper and
magazine publications. Research, writing, editing, layout,
design, photographs and art work included. Prerequisite: ENG 110
or 112. Offered annually.
ENG
330
Cr. 3
The English Language
The historical development of the English
language and its structure and usage. Prerequisite: three
credits in 200-level English courses, or qualifying conference
with instructor. Not applicable to the English minor for
students who have had ENG 332. Offered Spring.
ENG
332
Cr. 3
Modern English Grammars: An Analysis of
Language
An examination of traditional, structural, and
transformational-generative grammar with special emphasis on one
method of analyzing and describing the English language.
Investigation of phonology, morphology, and syntax. Some
treatment given to the historical development of grammar and the
concept of usage. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level
English courses. Not applicable to the English minor for
students who have had ENG 330. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
333
Cr. 3
Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing Studies
An introductory course which presents theories
of rhetoric and composition, emphasizing both conceptual
knowledge and practical skills. Prerequisites: ENG 110 or 112;
at least sophomore standing. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
334
Cr. 3
Language Study for Teachers
Designed for teachers, this course is intended
to provide a theoretical base for structuring effective language
education and for teaching writing and other language
activities. It will cover issues basic to understanding how
language acquisition is a developmental process and how language
functions in thinking and learning. Prerequisite: three credits
in 200-level English courses. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG 335
Cr. 3
Introduction to Professional Writing
Introduction to Professional Writing is
designed as an introductory course for students who are
interested in writing in professional settings. The course
will include an introduction to various field definitions of
professional writing, an overview of professional writing
history and theory, provide space to study key concepts that are
currently relevant in the field, and apply these histories and
concepts to concrete documents that constitute study in the
field of professional writing. Prerequisites: ENG 110 or 112;
sophomore standing. Offered Fall.
ENG
337
Cr. 3
The Rhetorics of Style
A rhetorical study of various styles, this
class systematically examines the social/cultural as well as the
literary implications and impact styles have had in history. The
class focuses on how understandings of style have changed
throughout history and how different understandings shape
strategies for interacting with audiences. Prerequisite: ENG 110
or 112. Offered occasionally.
ENG
338
Cr. 3
Comparative Analysis of Styles
Linguistic analysis of the literary styles of
various prose and poetry writers. The course will focus on how
their careful selection of language produces intended effects on
their readers. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Offered occasionally.
ENG/EDM 340
Cr. 3
Children’s Literature
A basic course in literature for children of
the primary grades through middle school. Special emphasis is
given to picture books, easy books, storybooks, informational
materials, folklore and poetry. Modern trends in the literature
for this age level are highlighted. A short unit on censorship
is included. No print material is used selectively.
Prerequisites: three credits in 200-level English courses;
junior or senior standing. Not open for credit in the English
minor except for elementary/middle education minors.
(Cross-listed with EDM; may only earn credit in ENG or EDM.)
Offered annually.
ENG/EDM 341
Cr. 3
Adolescent Literature
Survey of literature suitable for reading by
adolescent boys and girls. The course is designed primarily for
secondary education students. Prerequisite: three credits in
200-level English courses and junior or senior standing. Not
open for credit in the English minor except for education
minors. (Cross-listed with EDM; may only earn credit in ENG or
EDM.) Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
342
Cr. 3
The Essay
The development of the essay form and
extensive reading of contemporary examples. Prerequisite: three
credits in 200-level English courses. Offered occasionally.
ENG
343
Cr. 3
Creative Nonfiction
An advanced course which emphasizes the
personal essay, memoir, and other forms that blur the
distinction between fiction and factual writing. While creative
nonfiction may be informative, it may also be personal and
lyrical. Students will study voice, prose style, and techniques
of structuring content. Prerequisite: ENG 110 or 112; three
credits in 200-level English courses. Offered every third
semester.
ENG
344
Cr. 3
The Novel
A course focusing on the history and
development of the novel, from its putative origins in
18th-century England to its postmodern realizations on the world
literature scene. Various theoretical explanations of the
novel’s forms and social functions will be examined. The course
will foster an understanding of the way narrative discourse
functions as a mode of rhetoric, capable of persuading
individual readers and even influencing historical trends. The
course will also address the variety of formal approaches within
the genre, from epistolary, historical and gothic novels to
novels of manners, novels of social protest, and psychological
and stream-of consciousness novels. Individual instructors may
select examples from both the “high” and “low” forms of the
genre, and may include English translations of foreign works.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered every third semester.
ENG
347
Cr. 3
The Short Story
Reading the great stories of the world. Some
emphasis upon modern techniques. Prerequisite: three credits in
200-level English courses. Offered occasionally.
ENG
348
Cr. 4
Studies in Film and Literature
An introduction to the study of film and film
criticism, with some attention to the history of the medium and
its relation to literary genres. Prerequisite: three credits in
200-level English courses. Offered annually.
ENG
349
Cr. 4
Drama
An introduction to dramatic literature of the
world. This course prepares the student to understand the
elements of dramatic writing and staging of plays. Dramatic
works will be selected from a variety of countries and
historical periods to provide an overview of this genre, as well
as the foundations needed for future study. Lect. 3, Lab. 2.
Prerequisite: three credits in a 200-level English courses.
Offered annually.
ENG
355
Cr. 3
Critical Theory
This course focuses on generating a reflective
understanding of the processes of reading, writing and
interpretation of literature. Reading materials are drawn from
various fields in humanities and culture studies. An informed
understanding of concepts and methodologies — developed by
various European, non-European and American theorists —
facilitates a more systematic and insightful study of
literature. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Offered every third semester.
ENG
356
Cr. 3
European Literature in Translation
A course focusing on classics of European
literature. Individual instructors devise their own reading
lists according to their own historical or thematic approaches,
but most, if not all, of the readings will be translations from
European languages other than English. This course aims to give
students an understanding of various genres and traditions in
European literature and to facilitate an enhancement of
students’ critical and communicative skills. Prerequisite: three
credits in 200-level English courses. Offered every third
semester.
ENG
357 Cr. 3
World Literatures
A course designed to provide diversity
education by studying world literatures from different regions
and historical periods, ranging from ancient to modern Middle
East, Africa, Asia, South Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Focus
and content will vary with instructor. However, each instructor
will cover at least two distinct world traditions. Prerequisite:
three credits in 200-level English courses. Offered annually.
ENG
361 Cr. 3
Old and Middle English Literature
An introduction to the study of Old and Middle
English literature with attention to the development of genres
and styles which shaped early English literary traditions.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered annually.
ENG
362
Cr. 3
The English Renaissance
Study of the major writers of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries in England. Emphasis on Spenser,
Sidney, Jonson, Marlowe, Herrick, Herbert, Donne and others.
Shakespeare’s non-dramatic work also will be included in the
study of this period. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level
English courses. Offered every third semester.
ENG
363
Cr. 3
Shakespeare I
Close study of several principal plays,
chiefly from the early and middle parts of Shakespeare’s career.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
364
Cr. 3
Shakespeare II
Close study of principal plays, chiefly plays
coming after “Hamlet.” Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level
English courses. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
366
Cr. 3
Restoration and Eighteenth Century British
Literature
Study of the principal works of the period
1660-1800, with emphasis on Dryden, Swift, Defoe, Pope,
Fielding, Johnson, and Boswell. Prerequisite: three credits in
200-level English courses. Offered every third semester.
ENG
367
Cr. 3
Nineteenth Century British Literature
Study of the finest poetry, fiction, drama and
essays of the Romantic and Victorian periods of British
literature, 1798-1901, with attention to the social,
philosophical, and literary movements that engendered them.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered annually.
ENG
368
Cr. 3
British Literature After 1900
A foundational course in the literature of the
British Isles in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The
course focuses on major British writers and literary
developments, with emphasis on the ways this literature reflects
changing British cultural identity and maintains continuity with
the literary heritage out of which it develops. Prerequisite:
three credits in 200-level English courses. Offered annually.
ENG
370
Cr. 3
Early American Literature
Study of selected authors and works by and
about the geographical region of North America which becomes the
United States and bordering countries. Development of a literary
audience and tradition with roots in, but separating from,
English literature. Emphasis upon literature written in English,
with selected works from Native traditions and colonists other
than English. Most readings pre-date the U. S. Revolution.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered Fall.
ENG
371 Cr. 3
Nineteenth Century American Literature
A foundational study of important writers,
movements, and themes in 19th century American literature.
American Romanticism, the cultural forces surrounding the Civil
War era, industrialization, immigration, the rise of urban
culture, expansion West, and other similar contexts may be
developed to explore the literary styles and genres of the
developing American literary sensibility. Prerequisite: three
credits in 200-level English courses. Offered Spring.
ENG
372
Cr. 3
American Literature After 1900
This course provides an introduction to some
of the major 20th century writers and literary movements in the
United States, in historical and cultural contexts. Historical
currents and cultural movements will be primary emphases in text
selection in order to familiarize students with literary
developments such as Modernism and Post-modernism. Readings will
be selected from major genres, including poetry, fiction, drama
and autobiography. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level
English courses. Offered Spring.
ENG
380
Cr. 3
Literature of American Ethnic and Minority
Cultures
Study of selected works representative of
American ethnic and minority cultures, including American
Indian, Chicano, and Jewish. Emphasis will vary according to the
interests of students and the instructor. For the current
content, consult the instructor or the department chairperson.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered occasionally.
ENG
381
Cr. 3
American Indian Literature
A study of a broad range of American Indian
literature, both traditional and contemporary, in cultural and
historical contexts. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level
English courses. Offered annually.
ENG
382 Cr. 3
Latino Literature in English
Study of representative works in original
English or translation by writers of Mexican American, Cuban
American, Puerto Rican, and other Latino or Latin American
origins, emphasizing the aesthetic dimensions of this literature
as well as its historical roots and contemporary cultural
contexts. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Offered annually.
ENG
385
Cr. 3
Women Authors
This course examines how women’s literature
reflects the causes and nature of women’s places in society and
their creation of alternative visions and strategies, with a
focus on women’s negotiation of established traditions of
authorship. Primary readings will span literary periods and
genres. Authors may include Sappho, Marie de France, Katherine
Phillips, Mary Astell, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley,
Charlotte Bronte, Phyllis Wheatley, Lillian Hellman,
Djuna Barnes, George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter, Joyce
Carol Oats, Toni Morrison, Zadie Smith. Prerequisite: three
credits of 200-level English courses. Offered every third
semester.
ENG
400/500 Cr. 1-3
Workshop
Projects involving trends and issues in
composition, language, or literature related to various
professional uses of English, with a central topic to be
announced before each workshop. No more than three credits are
applicable to an English major or minor. Repeatable for credit —
maximum six. Offered occasionally.
ENG
403
Cr. 1-3
Individual Projects
Directed individual studies under the
supervision of a department faculty member. Registration with
consent of instructor and department chair. Prerequisite: 12
credits and excellent grades in English courses. Repeatable for
credit — maximum three. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
405/605 Cr. 4
Teaching and Learning English in the
Secondary School
This course will be integrated with a field
experience. In the context of a real classroom, teacher
candidates will learn how to plan for and assess student
learning in English. With a focus on content knowledge, teacher
candidates will plan a variety of meaningful learning
experiences, assess student learning, and monitor and modify
instruction to best support the individual learners in the
classroom. The teacher candidate will design, enact, and assess
activities that advance student understanding to more complex
levels. Teacher candidates will gain experience in monitoring
the obstacles and barriers that some students or groups of
students face in school; candidates will learn how to design
learning experiences to support all learners. Prerequisites: EDS
351 and ENG 301. Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
413
Cr. 1 or 3
Writing Portfolio
A workshop course in which students assemble
portfolios of their work, demonstrating their abilities as
writers. English majors with an emphasis in rhetoric and writing
and professional writing minors will be in the same section;
however, writing minors, unless they elect the three credit
option, will meet the class only one a week and will have a one
credit work load. Prerequisite: senior standing (be in his or
her final or penultimate semester in completing the major or
minor). Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
416
Cr. 3
Seminar in Advanced Fiction Writing
The writing of fiction under the guidance of
an experienced fiction writer. Classes will operate on the
workshop model, with as many individual conferences between
students and teacher as possible. The class will also include
information about literary magazines, ideas about publishing,
and visits from other fiction writers. Prerequisites: ENG 305;
consent of instructor. Offered alternate years.
ENG
417
Cr. 3
Seminar in Advanced Poetry Writing
An advanced seminar in writing poetry with an
experienced poet. Emphasis on the creative process, poetics,
revision. Workshop format and individual tutorial meetings with
poet. The class will also include information about literary
magazines, ideas about publishing, and visits from other poets.
Prerequisites: ENG 305; consent of instructor. Offered alternate
years.
ENG
432/532 Cr. 3
Introduction to Linguistics
Investigation of the nature of linguistic
systems (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics),
theories of language development and the acquisition of first
and second languages in diverse cultural settings. Review of
idiosyncratic elements as they pertain to second-language
learning. Prerequisite: MLG 109 or a foreign language at the
200-level or ENG 332. Offered Spring.
ENG 433
Cr. 3
Introduction to Teaching Writing
Introduces students to histories, theories,
and practices that will enable them to make effective choices as
teachers of writing. Areas of study include a brief history of
writing instruction in U.S. schools, including an overview of
influential theories; the development and implementation of
writing assignments; and theories and best practices for
responding to student writing. Students engage these issues both
as writers and as future teachers. This specific preparation to
teach writing builds on students’ disciplinary knowledge and
more general courses in education theory and practice.
Prerequisite: English majors or minors must have six credits in
300-level English courses; senior status. Offered Fall.
ENG
434
Cr. 3
Chinese Discourse: Different Ways of Thinking
and Writing
This course compares and contrasts discourse
in China to that in the West. It examines the culturally similar
and crucially different ways of creating, elaborating, and
presenting the writer’s ideas. Introducing the students to a
culture at once similar to and different from their own, the
course activates the students’ implicit knowledge of their own
cultural/discursive heritages and supplements that knowledge
when necessary. Readings for this class include ancient and
modern Chinese philosophical essays, literary works, and
writings on both Chinese calligraphy and paintings in relation
to Chinese thinking. All texts used are in English.
Prerequisite: three credits 200-level English courses. Offered
alternate years.
ENG
445 Cr. 3
Literature and Environmental Action
A study of literature of many genres written
by nature and environmentalist writers, both traditional and
contemporary, all serving as models for students’ essays and
projects. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Offered alternate years.
ENG
446
Cr. 3
Forms of Fiction
An investigation of traditional and
contemporary narrative forms and some problems involved in
writing within them. Students will be invited to write fictions
of various kinds and find solutions to specific writing
problems. Each student will present a seminar paper on aspects
of narrative form in the work of a representative writer.
Prerequisite: ENG 305. Offered alternate years.
ENG
449 Cr. 3
Forms of Poetry
An investigation of traditional and
contemporary forms of poetry. Students will be asked to write
poems in various forms. In addition, each student will present a
seminar paper on aspects of form in the work of an established
poet. Prerequisite: ENG 305. Offered alternate years.
ENG
450
Cr. 2-6
English Internship
An internship of the English Department to
offer its majors and minors opportunities to learn, on the job,
how to apply language skills acquired from course work. Students
can select jobs or field experiences related to writing and
communication skills. These experiences could be with government
agencies, business firms, and industry or community agencies
locally or throughout the United States. While many internships
are remunerative, not all are necessarily so. Only jobs and
experiences approved by an adviser in the English department and
the English department chairperson are acceptable for credit.
Students interning will be expected to make regular reports to
their English adviser and to comply with any course arrangements
that the adviser should deem suitable. Prerequisites: junior
standing and consent of adviser; a cumulative grade point
average of 2.50 required. Applies only to rhetoric/writing
emphasis of the English major and to the professional writing
minor. Repeatable for credit — maximum six. Pass/Fail grading.
Offered Fall, Spring.
ENG
462
Cr. 3
Seminar in British Literature
A seminar in British literature which involves
advanced study of major British authors, works, genres and
sub-genres, techniques and styles. The seminar may explore a
particular literary/aesthetic development or idea, trace its
roots in the past and examine its relevance to the present. With
a change in emphasis, the seminar may center on several major
movements and representative authors across time studied in
light of historical contexts and/or from the analytic and
aesthetic perspectives provided by contemporary developments in
literary and critical theory. Students in the seminar are
expected to engage in independent reading and research.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Repeatable for credit — maximum six. No more than three credits
may be applied to an English major or minor. Junior standing or
higher recommended. Offered occasionally.
ENG
463
Cr. 3
Chaucer
Careful study of the Canterbury Tales and
selected other poems. Some attention to language and
pronunciation. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Offered alternate years.
ENG
464
Cr. 3
Milton
Poetry and selected prose. Emphasis on
Paradise Lost. Some attention given to Milton’s life and times.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered occasionally.
ENG
466
Cr. 3
British Romanticism 1770-1830
This course examines the works of many British
writers, as they broke free from the tenets of the Enlightenment
on their individual paths to self-expression. Romantic writers
pursued several literary genres (essays, poems, novels, personal
narrative, memoir) as texts to explore the concerns of all
individuals in society. Works by Anna Barbauld, Mary Robinson,
Mary Wollstonecraft, William Blake, Charlotte Smith, William
Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Thomas
Dequincey, Charles Lamb, John Keats, Percy Shelley, Mary
Shelley, and others are studied. Prerequisite: three credits in
200-level English courses. Offered every third semester.
ENG
467
Cr. 3
Victorian Poets
Browning, Tennyson, the Pre-Raphaelites, and
others. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Offered every third semester.
ENG
469
Cr. 3
Postcolonial Anglophone Literatures
The course surveys important works (poetry,
fiction, non-fiction, drama, autobiography) of literature of
Anglophone writers in a selection of the formerly colonized
countries of the British Empire. The course examines literary
texts within their historical contexts. Prerequisite: three
credits in 200-level English courses. Offered every third
semester.
ENG
470 Cr. 3
Seminar in American Literature
A seminar in American literature, chosen from
17th century to the present, including American colonial culture
and not strictly bounded by the borders of present-day United
States; advanced study of author(s), works, genres and
sub-genres, techniques and styles, theme or setting, and more.
With change in emphasis and instructor, the seminar could
present an historical development or an intense focus on a
particular subject. Students are expected to engage in extensive
independent reading and research, as well as presentation of
research findings to class and moderating further discussion.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Repeatable for credit — maximum six. No more than three credits
may be applied to an English major or minor. Junior standing or
higher recommended. Offered occasionally.
ENG
471
Cr. 3
American Romanticism
Selected authors and works of Revolutionary,
Federal, and Pre-Civil War America, romanticism describes a form
and ideology continuing within the mainstream of American
literature. Reading of “classic” writers like Washington Irving,
Louisa May Alcott, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe,
and Nathaniel Hawthorne is complemented by writers dissenting
from literary culture such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David
Thoreau, Herman Melville, Margaret Fuller, Frederick Douglass,
Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman, as well as writers of the
southern and western states. Prerequisite: three credits in
200-level English courses. Junior standing or higher
recommended. Offered occasionally.
ENG
472
Cr. 3
American Realism and Naturalism
Selected reading of authors and works of
regions of the United States, to show Realism exists in variety
as popular literature, primarily prose fiction and social
commentary. Realism presumes diversity and multicultural
literature, and its narrative technique requires readers to
participate in creating and concluding “meaning.” Prerequisite:
three credits in 200-level English courses. Junior standing or
higher recommended. Offered occasionally.
ENG
476
Cr. 3
The Fiction and Nonfiction of Richard Wright
A study of Richard Wright’s fiction and
nonfiction: illustrative of his versatility as a literary artist
and of his aesthetic and intellectual leadership among
African-American authors after the Harlem Renaissance.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level ENG courses. ENG 210 or
215 recommended. Offered every third semester.
ENG
477
Cr. 3
African American Essay and Short Story
An examination of the African American
literary short form, specifically the essay and short story,
across literary periods, includes such writers as D. Walker, F.
Harper, M. Delany, C. Chesnutt, P. Dunbar, P. Hopkins, W. DuBois,
L. Hughes, C. McKay, Z. Hurston, R. Wright, J. Baldwin, A.
Baraka, E. Cleaver, S. Sanchez and I. Reed. Prerequisite: three
credits in any 200-level literature course. ENG 210 or 215
recommended. Offered every third semester.
ENG
478
Cr. 3
Twentieth-Century African American Novels
A study of significant novels written by
preeminent 20th-century African American writers, including
DuBois, Toomer, Wright, Ellison, Baraka and Morrison.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Offered every third semester.
ENG
481
Cr. 3
Seminar in Literature and Culture
Advanced study of literature within a focused
cultural context. Emphases might include literatures of
particular ethnic cultures; transnational or regional
literatures; literatures of identity; and cultural studies
approaches to other literary topics. Focus will vary with
instructor. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English
courses. Junior standing or higher recommended. Repeatable for
credit — maximum six. No more than three credits may be applied
to an English major or minor. Offered occasionally.
ENG
482
Cr. 3
Advanced Study of Women’s Literature
This course offers advanced study of
particular aspects of women’s aesthetic expression – the novel,
poetry, drama, film, autobiography and other genres are possible
primary texts. Students will engage with advanced theoretical
approaches through critical/contextual readings, while studying
the gendered politics of producing and consuming women’s
artistic work. Approaches might include cultural studies,
psychoanalytic theory, socio-linguistics, global matriarchal
traditions, new historicism and feminist theory. Focus will vary
with instructor. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level
English courses. Junior standing or higher recommended. Offered
occasionally.
ENG
484
Cr. 2
Capstone: Literary Studies
A required course for senior English majors
with literature emphasis. Readings representative of
contemporary approaches to literary studies. (Students will
formulate and develop an appropriate issue relating the course
readings to material encountered in a prior or concurrent
400-level course and carry out independent research on the
topic, culminating in a long paper.) Students will build a
research community through proposals, presentations and
discussions of their work for the course. Prerequisites:
completion of all 300-level course requirements; concurrent
enrollment in one course from major category IIIA designated as
seminar or permission from department chair to substitute other
400-level course work for the research paper. Typically taken in
the final semester of course work. Offered Spring.
ENG
494
Cr. 3
Advanced Topics in Literature
Advanced study of literary topics of special
interest. Topics reflect the research interests of instructors
and new developments in the discipline. For current content,
consult the instructor or the English Department. Only three
credits may be applied to an English major or minor. Consult
English department for application to the English major or
minor. Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
ENG 301 required for English majors, recommended for all others.
Repeatable for credit — maximum three. Offered occasionally.
ENG
495
Cr. 3
Advanced Study of Major Authors
Study beyond the survey or period level in the
works of some English or American author or authors.
Prerequisite: three credits in 200-level English courses.
Repeatable for credit — maximum six. Only three credits may be
applied to an English major or minor. Offered occasionally.
ENG
497
Cr. 3
Seminar in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
A seminar for advanced study in rhetoric and
composition. Topics will vary according to the instructor. For
the current content, consult instructor or department chair.
Prerequisites: ENG 333; at least junior standing. Repeatable for
credit — maximum six. No more than three credits may be applied
to an English major or minor. Offered Spring.