ENG 101 First-Year Composition. (3) F, S, SS
Discovering, organizing, and developing ideas in relation to the writer’s purpose, subject, and audience. Emphasis on modes of written discourse and effective use of rhetorical principles. Foreign students, see ENG 107. Prerequisite: see “University Testing Requirements” and “First-Year Composition Requirement.”
ENG 102 First-Year Composition. (3) F, S, SS
Critical reading and writing; emphasis on strategies of academic discourse. Research paper required. Foreign students, see ENG 108. Prerequisite with a grade of “C” or higher: ENG 101.
ENG 105 Advanced First-Year Composition. (3) F, S
A concentrated composition course for students with superior writing skills; intensive reading; research papers; logical and rhetorical effectiveness. Not open to students with credit in First-Year Composition. Prerequisite: see “University Testing Requirements” and “First-Year Composition Requirement.”
ENG 107 English for Foreign Students. (3) F, S
For students from non-English speaking countries who have studied English in their native countries, but who require practice in the idioms of English. Intensive reading, writing, and discussion. Satisfies the graduation requirement of ENG 101.
ENG 108 English for Foreign Students. (3) F, S
For foreign students; critical reading and writing; strategies of academic discourse. Research paper required. Satisfies graduation requirement of ENG 102. Prerequisite with a grade of “C” or higher: ENG 107.
ENG 114 English Grammar and Usage. (3) F, S
The fundamentals of English grammar (word and phrase structure) and of English usage (punctuation, grammatical correctness).
Completion of the First-Year Composition requirement is a prerequisite for all English courses above the 100 level.
ENG 200 Critical Reading and Writing about Literature. (3) F, S
Introduction to the terminology, methods, and objectives of the study of literature, with practice in interpretation and evaluation. Prerequisite: English major or minor. General Studies: L1/HU.
ENG 201 World Literature. (3) F
The classical and medieval periods. Selections from the great literature of the world in translation and lectures on the cultural background. General Studies: HU, H.
ENG 202 World Literature. (3) S
The Renaissance and modern periods. Selections from the great literature of the world in translation and lectures on the cultural background. General Studies: HU, H.
ENG 204 Introduction to Contemporary Literature. (3) A
Poetry, fiction, drama, and possibly other genres. General Studies: HU.
ENG 210 Introduction to Creative Writing. (3) F, S
Beginning writing of poetry, fiction, and drama (both stage and screen). Separate sections for each genre. Each genre may be taken once.
ENG 212 English Prose Style. (3) N
Analysis and practice of writing in various classical and modern prose styles. Prerequisite: English major or approval of advisor and instructor. Prerequisite with a grade of “B” or higher: ENG 102 General Studies: L1.
ENG 213 Introduction to the Study of Language. (3) F, S
Language as code; phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax; the lexicon; language acquisition; sociolinguistics.
ENG 215 Strategies of Academic Writing. (3) F, S
Advanced course in techniques of analyzing and writing academic expository prose. Writing is research based. General Studies: L1.
ENG 216 Persuasive Writing on Public Issues. (3) F, S
Advanced course in techniques of analyzing and writing persuasive arguments addressing topics of current public interest. Papers are research based. General Studies: L1.
ENG 217 Writing Reflective Essays. (3) F, S
Critical examination of the influences discourse has on formation of identity; narrative analyses of self and culture. General Studies: L1.
ENG 218 Writing about Literature. (3) F, S
Advanced writing course requiring analytical and expository essays about fiction, poetry, and drama. For non-English majors. General Studies: L1.
ENG 221 Survey of English Literature. (3) F, S
Medieval, Renaissance, and 18th-century literature. Emphasis on major writers and their works in their literary and historical contexts. General Studies: HU, H.
ENG 222 Survey of English Literature. (3) F, S
Romantic, Victorian, and 20th-century literature. Emphasis on major writers and their works in their literary and historical contexts. General Studies: HU, H.
ENG 241 American Literature. (3) F, S
From colonial times to the Civil War, including the growth of nationalism and romanticism. General Studies: HU.
ENG 242 American Literature. (3) F, S
From the Civil War to the present. Development of realism, naturalism and modernism, and contemporary trends in prose and poetry. General Studies: HU.
ENG 245 Popular Culture Issues. (3) F, S
Selected topics in various forms of popular culture related to written texts. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
A term paper or equivalent out-of-class written work is required in all upper-division (300–400 level) ENG courses.
ENG 301 Writing for the Professions. (3) F, S
Advanced practice in writing and editing expository prose. Primarily for preprofessional majors. General Studies: L1.
ENG 303 Classical Backgrounds of English Literature. (3) N
Selected readings of Greek and Latin literature in translation, emphasizing forms, ideas, and myths, as they relate to literature in English. General Studies: HU.
ENG 307 Utopian Literature. (3) N
Selected works from the present to the classical period, including Walden Two, Walden, Utopia, and The Republic. General Studies: L2/HU, H.
ENG 310 Intermediate Creative Writing. (3) F, S
Separate sections for fiction and poetry. May be taken once for poetry, once for fiction. Lectures, writing assignments, discussion, criticism. Prerequisite: ENG 210 or instructor approval.
ENG 312 English in Its Social Setting. (3) F, S
Introduction to the sociolinguistic study of the English language. General Studies: HU/SB.
ENG 314 Modern Grammar. (3) F, S
Modern descriptive models of English grammar.
ENG 321 Introduction to Shakespeare. (3) F, S
Shakespeare’s major comedies, histories, and tragedies. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 331 American Drama. (3) A
Major works in the development of American drama from its beginnings to the present. General Studies: L2.
ENG 332 Major American Novels. (3) A
Novels from the 19th century to the present studied in their historical and cultural contexts. General Studies: L2.
ENG 333 American Ethnic Literature. (3) A
Examination of America’s multiethnic identity through works of literature that depict American ethnic, gender, and class sensibilities. General Studies: L2, C.
ENG 345 Selected Authors or Issues. (3–4) N
Different topics may be offered. Film topics with lab may carry 4 credits. Repeat credit for different topics.
ENG 352 Short Story. (3) F, S
Development of the short story as a literary form; analysis of its technique from the work of representative authors. General Studies: HU.
ENG 353 African American Literature: Beginnings through the Harlem Renaissance. (3) F
Thematic and cultural study of African American literature through the Harlem Renaissance. General Studies: L2/HU, C.
ENG 354 African American Literature: Harlem Renaissance to the Present. (3) S
Thematic and cultural study of African American literature from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. General Studies: L2/HU, C.
ENG 355 History of the Drama. (3) N
Development of European drama from the Greek to the Romantic Period. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 356 The Bible as Literature. (3) F, S
Readings in Old and New Testaments, emphasizing ideas, literary types, and sources as they appear in literature. General Studies: HU.
ENG 357 Introduction to Folklore. (3) N
Survey of the history, genres, and dynamics of folklore, with emphasis on oral traditions. General Studies: HU.
ENG 359 American Indian Literatures. (3) N
Selected oral traditions of American Indians and their influences on contemporary Native American literary works. General Studies: L2/HU, C.
ENG 361 Silent Film. (4) F
Development of motion pictures from 1850 through 1930. 3 hours lecture, screenings. General Studies: HU.
ENG 362 Sound Film Genres. (4) S
Examination of the Western, the horror film, the comedy, and other genres. 3 hours lecture, screenings. General Studies: HU.
ENG 363 Chicana and Chicano Literature. (3) F
Development of Chicana and Chicano literature; study of genres and themes; attention to literary antecedents. Cross-listed as CSH 363. Credit is allowed only for CSH 363 or ENG 363. General Studies: L2/HU, C.
ENG 372 Document Production. (3) F, S
Introduction to document design and production. Practice in critique and in writing the content of publications. Lecture, discussion. Prerequisite: First-Year Composition or instructor approval.
English majors and minors are expected to have completed ENG 200 before taking 400-level literature courses.
ENG 400 History of Literary Criticism. (3) N
Major critics and critical traditions in the western world. Prerequisite: 6 hours of literature or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 405 Style and Stylistics. (3) N
Linguistic, rhetorical, and literary approaches to the analysis of style in poetry, fiction, and other forms of written discourse.
ENG 409 Advanced Screenwriting II. (3) N
Application of the principles taught in a complete feature-length screenplay.
ENG 411 Advanced Creative Writing. (3) F, S
Separate poetry and fiction workshops for experienced writers, emphasizing individual style. May be taken once for poetry, once for fiction. Prerequisite: ENG 310 or instructor approval.
ENG 412 Professional Writing. (3) N
Lectures and conferences concerning techniques of writing for publication. Prerequisite: ENG 310 or instructor approval.
ENG 413 History of the English Language. (3) A
Development of English from the earliest times to the modern period. Prerequisite: junior standing or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 415 Medieval Literature. (3) N
Medieval English literature in translation, from
Beowulf to Malory (excluding Chaucer), emphasizing cultural and intellectual backgrounds; includes continental works. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 416 Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. (3) A
Chaucer’s language, his last work, and its relationship to continental and insular traditions. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 417 Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde and the Minor Works. (3) N
Chaucer’s language, his major poem, and his early works in their medieval context. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 418 Renaissance Literature. (3) F
Topics, authors, and themes in English literature, 1485–1603. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 419 English Literature in the Early 17th Century. (3) F
Topics, authors, and themes in English literature, 1603–1660. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 421 Shakespeare. (3) F, S
A selection of comedies, histories, and tragedies. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 422 Studies in Shakespeare. (3) A
Topics for close examination in selected dramatic and/or nondramatic works. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: ENG 421 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 423 Renaissance Drama. (3) S
Topics, authors, and themes in the drama of the Tudor and early Stuart periods. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 424 Milton. (3) A
Selected prose and poetry, emphasizing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 425 Studies in English Romanticism. (3) F
All genres of Romantic literature in cultural contexts, Blake to the death of Wordsworth. May be repeated for credit. General Studies: HU.
ENG 426 Victorian Poetry. (3) F
Poetry of the second half of the 19th century. May include such poets as Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold. Prerequisite: ENG 222 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 427 Restoration and Early 18th Century. (3) N
Writers and movements in the nondramatic literature of the Restoration and early 18th century. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 428 The Later 18th Century. (3) N
Writers, movements, and books during the second half of the 18th century. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 430 Victorian Cultural Backgrounds. (3) N
Social, religious, and other cultural issues of the period. May include Carlyle, Ruskin, Darwin, Arnold, Pater, and Morris. Prerequisite: ENG 222 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 435 19th-Century American Poetry. (3) N
Themes and developments in American poetry to 1900, including Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson. General Studies: HU.
ENG 439 Restoration and 18th-Century Drama. (3) S 2001
English drama 1600–1800. Prerequisite: ENG 221 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 440 Studies in American Literature to 1815. (3) N
Thought and expression from the time of first contact to 1815. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENG 241 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 441 20th-Century American Drama. (3) N
American drama since World War I, especially experimental techniques. Prerequisite: ENG 241 or 242 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 442 20th-Century British and Irish Poetry. (3) N
Theory and practice of poetry since 1900. Prerequisite: ENG 222 or instructor approval.
ENG 443 American Poetry, 1900–1945. (3) N
Developments in theory and practice of major poets. Prerequisite: ENG 241 or 242 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 444 Studies in American Romanticism, 1830–1860. (3) F
Cultural expression in works of representative writers. May be repeaated for credit. Prerequisite: ENG 241 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 445 Studies in American Realism, 1870–1910. (3) S
Writers and influences that shaped the development of literary realism. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENG 242 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 448 20th-Century British and Irish Novel. (3) N
Theory and practice of the novel since 1900. Prerequisite: ENG 222 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 451 The Novel to Jane Austen. (3) N
From origins of prose fiction through the 18th century. General Studies: HU, H.
ENG 452 The 19th-Century Novel. (3) S
May include such novelists as Austen, Dickens, Eliot, and Conrad. General Studies: HU.
ENG 453 The American Novel to 1900. (3) N
The rise and development of the novel to Dreiser. Prerequisite: ENG 241 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 454 The American Novel, 1900–1945. (3) N
Developments in theory and practice of major novelists. Prerequisite: ENG 241 or 242 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 455 The Form of Verse: Theory and Practice. (3) N
Types, history, criticism, and schools of theory of metrical form. Analysis of lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry.
ENG 457 American Poetry Since 1945. (3) A
Major American poets of the period. Developments in theory and practice. Prerequisite: ENG 241 or instructor approval. General Studies: HU.
ENG 458 American Novel Since 1945. (3) N
Major novelists of the period. Developments in theory and practice. Prerequisite: ENG 242 or instructor approval. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 460 Western American Literature. (3) A
Critical examination of ideas and traditions of the literature of the western United States, including the novel. General Studies: L2/HU.
ENG 461 Women and Literature. (3) N
Selected topics in literature by or about women. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. General Studies: HU.
ENG 462 20th-Century Women Authors. (3) N
Critical examination of literature by 20th-century women writers. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. General Studies: HU.
ENG 463 European Drama from Ibsen to 1914. (3) N
Chief continental and British dramatists of the period, emphasizing the beginnings and development of realism. General Studies: HU.
ENG 464 European Drama from 1914 to the Present. (3) N
Chief continental and British dramatists of the period, emphasizing experimental techniques. General Studies: HU.
ENG 470 Symbols and Archetypes in Children’s Literature. (3) F
Various critical approaches and recurring themes are studied in relation to classical and contemporary children’s literature. Lecture, discussion, reading.
ENG 471 Literature for Adolescents. (3) F, S
Prose and poetry that meet the interests and capabilities of junior high and high school students. Recent literature stressed. A passing grade of at least “C” required before students are permitted to student teach in English. General Studies: HU.
ENG 472 Rhetorical Studies. (3) F, S
Developments in theory and practice of major rhetorical inquiries. Seminar, workshop. Prerequisite: junior standing.
ENG 480 Methods of Teaching English. (3) F, S
Methods of instruction, organization, and presentation of appropriate content in English. A passing grade of at least “C” required before students are permitted to student teach in English. Prerequisite: ENG 312 or 314 or 413.
ENG 500 Research Methods. (3) A
Methodology and resource materials for research. Analysis of criticism and scholarship, including evaluation of sources.
ENG 501 Introduction to Comparative Literature. (3) N
Problems, methods, and principles, illustrated by selected critical essays and literary texts.
ENG 502 Contemporary Critical Theory. (3) A
An advanced survey of major schools of 20th-century literary and critical theory. Lecture, discussion. Cross-listed as HUM 549. Credit is allowed only for ENG 502 or HUM 549.
ENG 507 Old English. (3) N
Elements of Old English grammar with selected readings.
ENG 508 Old English Literature. (3) N
Intensive literary, linguistic, and cultural study of Old English literature. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: ENG 507.
ENG 509 Middle English. (3) N
A study of the principal dialects of the language with selected readings. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENG 512 The Teaching of Composition. (3) N
The theory and practice of teaching writing at all levels. Emphasis on current research. Prerequisites: teaching experience; instructor approval.
ENG 515 Middle English Literature. (3) N
English literature from the 12th through the 15th centuries, exclusive of Chaucer. Prerequisite: ENG 509 or instructor approval.
ENG 517 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory. (3) A
Investigation of the work of such important rhetorical theorists as Burke, Toulmin, Perelman, Gates, and Cixous.
ENG 520 Renaissance Literature. (3) N
Poetry and prose of the English Renaissance, excluding drama.
ENG 521 Shakespeare. (3) A
A selection of comedies, histories, and tragedies presented in the context of literary history and critical theories, with an emphasis on classical and medieval backgrounds.
ENG 525 American Literary Criticism. (3) N
Analysis and discussion of leading historical and critical interpretations of American literature from the beginnings to the present.
ENG 530 Classical Rhetoric and Written Composition. (3) F
Relationship of major texts in classical rhetoric to developments in composition theory, literary theory, and practice through the 19th century.
ENG 531 Rhetorical Theory and Literary Criticism. (3) S
Intensive study of major rhetorical theorists of the 20th century in such areas as literary criticism, discourse theory, and composition theory.
ENG 532 Composition Theory. (3) N
Intensive study in the rhetorical categories of invention, arrangement, style, aims, modes, and forms of written discourse.
ENG 545 Studies in English Literature. (3) N
This course offers selected authors or issues and may be repeated for credit.
ENG 547 Studies in American Literature. (3) N
This course offers selected authors or issues and may be repeated for credit.
ENG 549 Studies in Comparative Literature. (3) N
This course offers selected authors or issues and may be repeated for credit.
ENG 550 Contemporary Comparative Literature. (3) N
Comparative studies in modern literature in English and other literatures in translation. May be repeated for credit when content varies.
ENG 560 Studies in Dramatic Forms. (3) F, N
Selected topics in dramatic and cinematic literature, history, criticism, theory, and cross-disciplinary study. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Lecture, studio.
ENG 571 Advanced Study in Literature for Adolescents. (3) N
History and criticism of adolescent literature. Prerequisite: ENG 471 or instructor approval.
ENG 573 Censorship and Literature. (3) N
The history of censorship, primarily in the United States, and significant court decisions that affected writers and books.
ENG 591 Seminar. (3) F, S
Selected topics regularly offered in the various areas of English studies.
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