ENGL 101. Freshman English. 3 cr. Critical reading, logical thinking, and effective writing. Write frequently in and out of class, using specific rhetorical strategies for a variety of purposes and audiences. Prereq: Satisfactory placement test score. GDR:ENGL

 

ENGL 102. Freshman English. 3 cr. Analytical reading and writing and the methods of inquiry common to various academic disciplines. Write frequently in and out of class, using suitable sources of information and appropriate documentation methods. Prereq: 101 or equiv. GDR:ENGL

 

ENGL 103. The Myth of ... 3 cr. (Topic will be announced.) The origin and development of a particular myth as it is embodied in folk tales and/or drama, film, novels (e.g. the myth of the Great Lover, the Doctor, the Jew, the Politician). May apply 3 cr max of 103/203/303 toward major/minor.

 

ENGL 106. Reading Fiction. 3 cr. An opportunity to read, discuss, and evaluate outstanding works of fiction. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 108. Reading Drama. 3 cr. Oral reading and discussion of one play a week (chosen by the class) from dramatic literature. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 150. Advanced Freshman English. 3 cr. Research and writing using appropriate rhetorical strategies for students with potential for accelerated reading, writing, and research. Prereq: Satisfactory test scores. GDR:ENGL

 

ENGL 157. Independent Writing. 1 cr, pass/fail. Individualized program for writing improvement based on student needs and personal objectives, taught in conjunction with the Writing Laboratory. May repeat for 3 cr max among 157, 257, 357.

 

ENGL *200. Introduction to the Study of Literature. 3 cr. Study of literature, emphasizing development of critical vocabulary, recognition of various forms of literature, and rudimentary analysis of selected works. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *201. Introduction to Literary Study for the English Major. 3 cr. Major literary genres in their cultural and historical contexts emphasizing development of interpretive and communicative skills necessary to join effectively in the discussion of and writing about literature. Prereq: Declared English major.

 

ENGL *203. Myth of ... 3 cr. Topic will be announced. See 103.

 

ENGL *211. English Literature I. 3 cr. Emphasis on major writers from Beowulf through pre‑Romantics, stressing insight into their works. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *212. English Literature II. 3 cr. Emphasis on major writers from Romantics to the present, stressing insight into their works. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *213. American Literature I. 3 cr. Representative works by American writers up to 1865. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *214. American Literature II. 3 cr. Representative works by American writers since 1865. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *240. Introduction to Linguistics. 3 cr. Fundamental concepts and methods of the scientific study of languages in their structural, historical, and geographical aspects.

 

ENGL *248. Introduction to Environmental and Science Writing. 3 cr. Read and produce environmental/science writing such as creative nonfiction prose, natural history essay, news report, investigative journalism report, popular magazine/newspaper feature, pedagogical articles. Introductory readings in the rhetoric and ideology of science writing, eco-criticism, social/environmental justice, ethics of science, history of environmental/science writing. Prereq: Freshman English or cons instr.

 

ENGL *250. Intermediate Composition. 3 cr. Practice in exploratory, expository, and persuasive discourse. Prereq: Successful completion of freshman English, or cons chair.

 

ENGL *253. Introduction to Creative Writing. 1‑3 cr. Training and practice for the beginning writer in various forms of poetry and fiction; class discussion of student work.

 

ENGL *254. Introduction to Technical Writing. 3 cr. Introductory training and practice in workplace writing for business, industry, office, lab. With the understanding that writing is shaped by workplace culture and ethics, produce a wide range of written texts including e-mails, memos, job application materials, grant proposals, formal reports, and manuals. Prereq: Freshman English or cons instr.

 

ENGL *257. Independent Writing. 1 cr, pass/fail. Same as 157.

 

ENGL *260. Computer Aids for English Studies. 1 cr. Introduction to uses of computer software in the study of English language and literature. 4 wk module for English majors/minors.

 

ENGL *274. Literature for Early Childhood. 3 cr. Read, select, and present materials suitable for children, preschool through grade 3. (See Note 4 above.)

 

ENGL *275. Children's Literature. 3 cr. Read, select, and present materials suitable for elementary school readers. (See Note 4 above.)

 

ENGL *280(MNS). American Indian Literature. 3 cr. Literature about the American Indian from oral and written materials by Native American authors and other American writers. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *281(NW). African Literature. 3 cr. Survey literature from across the African continent in a variety of forms. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *282(MNS). Black Literature. 3 cr. Critical study of works by black writers (e.g., Americans, Africans, West Indians). GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *283. Mythology in Literature. 3 cr. The basic myths of creation, the flood, man's fall, Olympians and their Roman counterparts, and stories of myth and history that form the basis of literary expression of Western culture; emphasis on Graeco-Roman, Judeo-Christian, and Norse myths, as they appear in selected poetry, novels, and plays. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *284. Introduction to Ethnic Literature in the United States.  3 cr. Introduction to ethnic literature in the U.S. including works by African, Asian, Native American, and Latino writers. Explore how these works address basic issues of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity in a diverse society. Prereq: English major.

 

ENGL *285. Women in Literature. 3 cr. Examine literature to determine how women are depicted in Western cultural tradition, how images of women have developed and been perpetuated, and how they shape a woman's sense of who she is and a man's idea of what she should be. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *286. Literature and Film. 3 cr. Introduction to theories and concepts of narrative, language, and culture through examination of various prose fiction texts and their film adaptations. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *288. Literature of Human Love and Sexuality. 3 cr. Literature of love, using representative works and authors from various cultures and times such as Lysistrata, the Song of Solomon, Ovid, Chaucer, Donne, Swift, DeSade, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL *289. Popular Literature. 3 cr. Close reading of selected topics with general appeal such as frontier literature, sports literature, speculative fiction, mystery literature. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 303. The Myth of... 3 cr. Topic will be announced. See 103.

 

ENGL 308. Reading Drama. 3 cr. Oral reading and discussion of one play a week from dramatic literature. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 309/509. Forms and Modes in Literature. 1-3 cr. Selected works of several writers that are examples of a form or mode, such as the parable in modern literature. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. GDR:HU2 by subtitle.

 

ENGL 310. Modern Short Story. 3 cr. Representative short stories of world literature with emphasis on literary structure, form, and theme. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 311/511. English Novel (British). 3 cr. English novels from (a) early 1700s to 1880 including Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, and George Eliot; or (b) 1880 to the present including Hardy, Joyce, Conrad, Lawrence, Woolf, and Lessing. May take once for each period. GDR:HU2.

 

ENGL 312/512. Modern Drama. 3 cr. Representative dramas of world literature from Ibsen to the present; emphasis on literary structure, form, and theme. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 313/513. American Novel. 3 cr. American novels from (a) late 1700s to 1900 including Hawthorne, Melville, James, and Twain; or (b) 1900 to the present, including Wharton, Hemingway, Cather, Faulkner, and Bellow. May take once for each period. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 314/514. Modern Poetry. 3 cr. Study of 20th century poetry beginning with works of Yeats, Pound, and Eliot. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 319/519. The Novel Since 1850. 3 cr. Representative novels of world literature from a variety of cultures with emphasis on literary structure, form and theme. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 320/520. American Realism and Naturalism. 3 cr. Theory and development of realism and naturalism from 19th century to present. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 321/521. English Literature to 1485. 3 cr. Development of English poetry and prose, excluding Chaucer, from Anglo-Saxon through late Medieval periods.

 

ENGL 323/523. British Literature Before 1790, Excluding Drama. 3 cr. Development of poetry and prose from (a) 1485-1660 including More, Sidney, Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson; or (b) from 1660-1790 including Dryden, Defoe, Swift, Pope, Sam Johnson, Goldsmith. May take once for each period.

 

ENGL 324/524. Romantic Movement (British). 3 cr. Development of romanticism in English poetry and prose, its theory and creation, also survey of pre-Romantic Movement.

 

ENGL 325/525. Victorian Literature (British). 3 cr. Works revealing the crisis of the individual in an age torn by conflicting values. Major poets and essayists including Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Newman, and Ruskin.

 

ENGL 327/527. Victorian Literature in Transition (British). 3 cr. Development of the modern spirit in such writers as Hardy, Conrad, Ford, Shaw, Yeats, and the Aesthetes and Decadents.

 

ENGL 329/529. The American Renaissance. 3 cr. American literary renaissance of mid‑19th century with works of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 330/530. Chaucer (British). 3 cr. Emphasis on the Canterbury Tales and their historical, social, linguistic background. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 333/533. Shakespeare (British). 3 cr. Early plays. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 334/534. Shakespeare (British). 3 cr. Tragedies and later plays. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 336/536. Milton (British). 3 cr. Milton's poetry and selected prose. Growth of a writer in his

historical milieu. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 342/542. English Grammars. 3 cr. Survey of major methods of language analyses that have been applied to English since the 18th century; traditional, structural, and transformation-generative.

 

ENGL 344/544. History of the English Language. 3 cr. Development of English sounds, spelling, inflection, syntax, vocabulary, and dialects from Old English to the present.

 

ENGL 345/545. English Language for Teachers. 3 cr. Overview of history and structure of English and conventions of standard written English. Includes contemporary approaches to teaching grammar, usage, punctuation. Required for teacher certif English majors/ minors.

 

ENGL 346/546. Old English. 3 cr. Introduction to Old English language and literature.

 

ENGL 348/548. Advanced Environmental and Science Writing. 3 cr. Produce a single well-researched popular or educational article related to science or the environment and prepare it for submission to a juried publication. Also, readings in the rhetoric and ideology of science writing, eco-criticism, social/environmental justice, ethics of science, history of environmental/science writing. Prereq: Freshman English and 248, or cons instr.

 

ENGL 349/549. Editing and Publishing. 3 cr. Writing, editing, and preparing materials for publication, including consideration of reader/ editor appeal, and ways to market manuscripts. [Editor’s note: The class must find a manuscript, produce and sell a book.]

 

ENGL 350. Advanced Composition. 1-3 cr. Art of writing nonfiction with attention to voice, audience, and style. Prereq: 250 or cons chair.

 

ENGL 351. Advanced Business Writing. 3 cr. Examine methods of audience analysis and strategies to shape effective written business communication. Prereq: Cons instr or chair.

 

ENGL 352. Freelance Writing. 3 cr. Essay writing for personal satisfaction and possible publication; emphasis on most marketable essays, such as the interview/profile, how‑to, travel, opinion, humor, familiar essay. Survey of likely markets, advice on how to break in, how to prepare and submit the manuscript, cover and query letters, and copyright information. Prereq: Cons instr or chair.

 

ENGL 353/553. Advanced Creative Writing (Poetry or Fiction). 1-3 cr. Intensive study in writing various forms of poetry or fiction; class discussion of student work. May take max 9 cr with 6 cr max under one focus. Prereq: 253, cons instr or chair.

 

ENGL 354/554. Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing. 3 cr. Advanced training and practice in workplace writing for business, industry, office, lab. Assuming writing is shaped by workplace culture and ethics, collaboratively produce a few large technical documents in context of simulated and real consultations with local business/ industry. Prereq: Freshman English and 254, or cons instr.

 

ENGL 355/555. Methods of Teaching Composition (Middle and Secondary). 2 or 3 cr. Teaching writing as a composing process; theory and practice for middle and secondary levels and for all subjects. Does not count toward English major/minor. Prereq: Admis to Prof Educ Prog (English) or cons chair.

 

ENGL 356/556. Methods of Teaching Literature (Middle and Secondary). 2 or 3 credits. Teaching literature as an exploratory process, beginning with reader response; theory and practice for middle and secondary levels. Does not count toward English major/minor. Prereq: Admis to Prof Educ Prog (English) or cons chair.

 

ENGL 357. Independent Writing. 1 cr, pass/fail. See 157.

 

ENGL 358/558. Outdoor Writing. 3 cr. Writing  articles and essays on nature and the outdoor experience.

 

ENGL 359/559. Novel Writing. 3 cr. Strategies for planning and completing a draft of a novel. Fictional techniques; manuscript preparation and submission; class discussion of student work; individual conferences; readings from first novels and texts on novel writing. Prereq: Cons instr or chair.

 

ENGL 360/560. Regional Literature (American). 3 cr. Literature by small group of authors whose writing reflects the concerns of geographic areas. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat with different subtitles.

 

ENGL 361. World Literature. 3 cr. Representative selections of world literature from the earliest times to the 17th century. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 362. World Literature. 3 cr. World literature from the 17th century to the present. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 363. Nature Literature. 3 cr. Literary texts that explore humankind’s relationship to the natural world. Readings provide historical depth and cross-cultural perspectives. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 365/565. Science Literature. 3 cr. Examine development of writing for and about science and technology from 1660 to the present. Impact of development of two modes of scientific writing on contemporary society–one for scientists and one for general readership. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 366/566. English Drama to Shaw (British). 3 cr. Major plays and trends in drama from medieval to modern, such as Everyman, Dr. Faustus, Volpone, The Duchess of Malfi, Tis a Pity She's a Whore, Beggar's Opera, The Importance of Being Earnest. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 374/574(NW).  Postcolonial Literature in English. 3 cr. Works in English by writers from postcolonial nations, e.g., India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, or countries of the West Indies. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 375/575. Literature for Adolescents. 3 cr. Select and read literature suitable for adolescents. Only for teacher certification English majors/minors/writing minors.

 

ENGL 376/576. Lives and Literature of the Beat Generation. 3 cr. Representative works of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, critical commentary, biography, and autobiography related to the Beat Generation. Prereq: Jr st or cons instr.

 

ENGL 377/577. Contemporary Poetry. 3 cr. Contemporary poetry since World War II.

 

ENGL 378/578. Contemporary Fiction. 3 cr. International fiction since World War II with experimental narrative techniques and/or thematic relationships. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 379/579. Rhetorical Theory. 3 cr. History of ideas regarding effective use of language, emphasizing classic texts by Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian, and their influence on modern thought. Prereq: Jr st or cons chair.

 

ENGL 380/580. Literary Theory. 3 cr. Critical approaches to literary study based on ancient and modern theories.

 

ENGL 381/581. Reading for the English Teacher. 3 cr. Apply current reading theory to practice in the English classroom. Reading process, response-based teaching, and strategic learning. Only for teacher certification English majors/minors/writing minors.

 

ENGL 382/582(MNS). Ethnic Literature of the United States. 3 cr. Explore cultural pluralism and an exploration of literary works by Native Americans, Afro-Americans, Asian-Americans, Jewish-Americans, and writers of European immigrant descent. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 383/583. Themes in Literature. 3 cr. Works of several writers demonstrating a theme or related themes. Subtitle designates area. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. GDR:HU2 by subtitle.

 

ENGL 385. Major Authors. 3 cr. Close, critical study of one or more major authors. Subtitle will designate author(s). May repeat with different subtitle. GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 386 (MNS by subtitle). Major Authors of Ethnic Literature. 3 cr. Close critical study of one or more major authors of ethnic literature. Subtitle will designate author(s). GDR:HU2

 

ENGL 392. Literature and Ecology. 3 cr. Study American and English literary texts to discover attitudes toward various environments in literature, analyze historic and current environmental issues, and describe the role of literature in ecology. Does not count toward English major/minor. GDR:EL

 

ENGL 393. Technologies for English Education. 3 cr. Introduction to instructional and administrative technology for English teachers. Prereq: Admission to Professional Educ Prog (English) or cons chair.

 

ENGL 394/594. Methods of Teaching Composition and Literature for Non-English Majors. 3 cr. Theory and practice teaching composition and literature at middle/secondary levels. May include 25-hours field experience with supervised observation and experience in middle/ secondary classrooms. Prereq: Cons chair.

 

ENGL 395/595. Workshop in English. 1-3 cr. Study contemporary scholarship in English. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. Prereq: Cons chair. GDR:HU2 by subtitle.

 

ENGL 399. Special Work. 1-3 cr. Upperclass students may arrange for independent study with cons chair. Credit based on scope of project. Prereq: 3.00 GPA in English courses.

 

ENGL 494. Senior Project. 1 cr. Develop, refine, and write reflective essay on role of English studies. Produce portfolio of materials to prepare for post-graduate employment or further education. Prereq: Sr st, English major.

 

ENGL 495. Senior Honors Project: Research. 3 cr pass/fail. Research and preparatory work for individually supervised project in literary scholarship, pedagogy, or creative writing developed in consultation with honors coord and a faculty reader. Does not count toward English major. Prereq: 24 cr in major beyond freshman English incl 12 cr in core; min 3.5 GPA in major; second semester jr st; acceptance of formal proposal by honors coord.

 

ENGL 496. Senior Honors Project: Product. 3 cr. Produce final draft. Present and defend product of individually supervised project in literary scholarship, pedagogy, or creative writing developed in 495. May count toward English major. Prereq: 495 and cons honors coord.

 

ENGL 497. Senior Seminar in English Education. 1 cr. Develop, refine, and write a philosophy of teaching English in secondary school. Prereq: Be within two semesters of student teaching and con reg in 355, 356, and English Education 396.

 

ENGL 498. Writing Internship. 1-6 cr. Supervised writing field experience with faculty evaluation in consultation with field supervisor on basis of culminating report and writing samples; credit determined by faculty; open only to English majors/minors, writing minors. Prereq: Sr st and cons chair. May apply 3 cr max to English major/writing minor.

 

ENGL 712. Advanced English Methods. 3 cr. Problems in teaching literature, writing, and language arts: course and curriculum design, trends and issues in teaching English, and adaptation of theory and research to classroom practice. Open to elementary language arts and secondary English teachers and candidates for certification.

 

ENGL 715. Twentieth Century Literature. 3 cr. Subtitle will designate focus.

 

ENGL 716. English Novel. 3 cr. Subtitle will designate focus.

 

ENGL 719. American Novel. 3 cr. Subtitle will designate focus.

 

ENGL 740. Language in Society. 3 cr. Historical growth and continuing development of English language and its uses in society, including current usage and principles for evaluating language in use.

 

ENGL 745. Censorship. 3 cr. Examine history of censorship in schools and society, major issues of censorship in the classroom, and ways for teachers, administrators, librarians, and citizens to deal with censorship problems.