ENGLISH (ENGL)

Prerequisites for English courses:

Completion of a 1000-level sequence for the 2000-level
Completion of a 2000-level course for the 3000-level
Completion of a 2000-level course and one 3000-level course for the 4000-level

All English courses enhance students' skills in writing and critical thinking. In addition, these courses will specifically reinforce the Core Curriculum's objectives of introducing students to the common elements of the human heritage and assisting students to develop a system of values.

0990. Preparatory English – Offered as needed. A college preparatory English course offered entering students. Includes a laboratory. (3 hours non-degree credit)

1000. Intensive English Composition and Rhetoric – Usually offered fall and spring semesters. An intensive course in expository writing to enable students to write in different genres and in various media for multiple audiences and purposes including research. Four class meetings a week. Includes individual tutorial in the Writing Center. (3)

1010. English Composition and Rhetoric – Usually offered fall and spring semesters. A course in expository writing to enable students to write in different genres and in various media for multiple audiences and purposes including research. (3)

1020. English Composition and Literature - Usually offered fall and spring semesters. A study of the novel, short story, poetry, and drama. Composition based on literature with emphasis on the longer paper. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. (3)

1023H. Introduction to Literature for Honors Students - Usually offered fall semester. A study of writing and literary genre (the novel, short story, poetry, and drama) for selected students. (3)

2010. Introduction to World Literature I - Usually offered every semester. A critical examination of masterpieces of literature from Ancient Mesopotamia through the Renaissance, including at least one non-Western work. Prerequisite: ENGL 1020. (3)

2011H. Introduction to World Literature - Usually offered spring semester. A critical examination of masterpieces of literature from Ancient Mesopotamia through the Renaissance, including at least one non-Western work, for selected students. Prerequisite: ENGL 1023H (or see discussion of AP credit under Honors in English). (3)

THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH SEQUENCE (1000/1010-1020 OR 1023H-2011H) IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ALL COURSES IN ENGLISH NUMBERED 2020 OR ABOVE.

2020. Introduction to World Literature II - Usually offered every semester. A critical examination of masterpieces of Western and non-Western literature from the eighteenth century through the post-modern period. (3)

2070. Survey of British Literature I - Usually offered fall semester. A study of English literature from the Middle Ages through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century. (3)

2080. Survey of British Literature II - Usually offered spring semester. A study of English literature from 1800 to the present. (3).

2141, 2143. Journal Practicum- Usually offered fall and spring semesters. Students gain hands-on experience in publishing. No prerequisite. Permission of the instructor required for 3 hours. Course may be repeated for credit. (1,3)

3001, 3002, 3003, 3004. Special Topics -Some topics considered for this course include Law and Literature, African American Literature, and Post-Colonial Novel. (1, 2, 3,4)

3010. Medieval Literature -A study of the literary developments in English poetry from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Renaissance. (3)

3021. Renaissance Literature -A study of Renaissance prose, poetry and drama (excluding Shakespeare). Also includes Milton. (3)

3040. Shakespeare - Usually offered fall semester. An examination of the comedies and the histories. (3)

3050. Shakespeare - Usually offered spring semester. An examination of the tragedies. (3)

3070. Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature -A study of the major imaginative literature from 1660 to 1800. (3)

3125. Twentieth Century Women Writers -A study of literature and feminist theory by women writers from approximately 1900 to the present. (3)

3130. The English Language: History and Advanced Grammar -Investigates the logical structure of the English language from the beginnings to the present and introduces contemporary linguistic theories. (3)

3150. Advanced Writing -Practice in critical, scholarly, and expository writing, with emphasis on writing within the discipline of English. (3)

3160. Survey of American Literature I - Usually offered fall semester. A study of the literature and backgrounds of American literature from the colonial time through the Civil War. (3)

3170. Survey of American Literature II - Usually offered spring semester. A study of the literature and backgrounds of American literature from the Civil War to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 3160. (3)

3175. Survey of African Literature -Introduction to African folklore, poetry, fiction, and drama. (3)

3185. Special Topics in African American Literature -Genres studied in this course include drama, poetry, and fiction. Major topics (such as Harlem Renaissance, the Slave Narrative, and Toni Morrison) to be announced. This course may be repeated for credit as often as a different topic is available. (3)

3190. (PHIL 3190) Legal Reasoning - Usually offered fall semester. (Serves as an elective in the Law and Humanities Minor. Does not satisfy core curriculum requirements in philosophy.) This course will increase the student's knowledge of legal reasoning in statutory, common law, and constitutional interpretation and of philosophical issues of jurisprudence connected with legal reasoning. (3)

3210. Romantic Literature -A study of Romantic poetry and prose, 1800-1832. (3)

3221. Victorian and Early Twentieth Century Literature -A study of Victorian prose, poetry, and novels. (3)

3233. Teaching Composition and Literature - Study of theories and practice of teaching composition and literature at the secondary and upper elementary levels. Also attention to the necessity and uses of Standard American English, to the integrity of Black English, and to learning styles distinctive of some African Americans. Students will teach in the class, demonstrating language arts lessons of their own design, and evaluate representative samples of younger students' writing. (3)

3270. British Literature from World War I -A study of post-war English poetry, prose, novels, and drama. (3)

3275. The Post-Colonial Novel - Usually offered once a year, usually in the spring. Introduces Post-Colonial theory and novels from 1960 to the present, representing such areas as the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, India, Asia, and Oceania. (3)

3280. 18th and 19th Century Survey of African American Writers - A study of major texts from the earliest to DuBois in their historical, cultural and literary contexts. (3)

3290. (AFAM 3290) 20th Century Survey of African American Writers- A study of major African American texts of the twentieth century, from the Harlem Renaissance to the contemporary. (3)

3400. Literary Criticism and Theory -A study of interpretive strategies and theoretical assumptions of various approaches to literary criticism. (3)

4000H. Directed Studies -Concentrated study of major figures and ideas in a selected period. Open to selected students only. (3)

4010S. British Literature Seminar -Intensive study of major figures and ideas in a selected period of English Literature. Recent topics included Romantic and Victorian literature. (3)

4020S. American Literature Seminar -Intensive study of major figures and ideas in a select period of American Literature. Recent topics included Regionalism in American Literature, and Henry James: Novel into Film. (3)

4030S. Poetry Seminar -An intensive study in American, British, or world literature. Recent topics have included the Women Poets and Modern Poetry. (3)

4040S. Drama Seminar -A concentrated study of British, American, and European drama with emphasis on critical reading and analysis of major works. Topics have included Self Against Society on the Continental Stage, and Contemporary British Drama. (3)

4050S. Comparative Literature Seminar -A critical study of the forms and themes of the major foreign literature in translation. Topics have included The Image of Woman in Nineteenth Century Literature and Reading and Writing the Other (Third and First World Literatures juxtaposed). (3)

4060S. African American Literature Seminar -Intensive study of major figures, periods, and ideas in African American literature.