2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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ENG 1009 - Stretch Composing Arguments B
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): D- or better in ENG 1008.
Description: This semester is the second half of a two-semester sequence (consisting of ENG 1008 followed by ENG 1009) that is taught by a single professor and is a prerequisite for English 1020. This two-semester sequence is a study- and process- intensive equivalent to ENG 1010. This course focuses on writing, rhetorical situations, and textual analysis, building on foundations of the first semester of the course. The course employs lecture, discussion, workshop, and conference methods. Students will learn how to critically read, summarize, engage, and analyze texts. Students will demonstrate their ability to generate, organize, and produce writing for appropriate audiences. Coursework does not include library research. Students must receive a C- or better to earn General Studies, Composition credit. This semester is the second half of a two-semester sequence: ENG 1008 prepares the student for ENG 1009, and the two courses together serve as a prerequisite for English 1020.
Note: Revised June 26, 2019
General Studies: Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO1 Introductory Writing Course
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ENG 1010 - Composing Arguments
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Score of 95 or higher on the Accuplacer sentence skills exam or a C- or better in ENG 090 or a score of 20-94 on Accuplacer with secondary placement. Students with an ACT ENG score of 18 or higher or SAT verbal score of 430 or higher or SAT Evidence-based Reading/Writing score of 470 or higher are exempt from the placement exam if scores are not older than five years.
Description: ENG 1010 is a course focusing on the process of writing and revising college level texts in a variety of genres. The course employs lecture, discussion, workshop, and conference methods. Students learn how to read, summarize, and analyze texts. Students demonstrate their ability to generate, organize, and produce writing for appropriate audiences. Coursework does not include library research.
Note: Students must receive a grade of “C-” or better to earn course credit.
General Studies: Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO1
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ENG 1020 - Research and Argument Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): C- or better in ENG 1009 or C- or better in ENG 1010 or Appropriate score on the First Year Writing placement or ACT English 27 or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 620 or SAT Verbal 570
Description: This is a course in the process of writing extended essays supported by research. The course includes an introduction to research methods, practice in critical reading, thinking, and writing across the disciplines, integration of source material, and the conventions of MLA and APA styles of documentation. Students can expect to do a series of shorter writing and research assignments leading to the longer, documented paper.
Note: Because of continual development in research technology and techniques, credits ten years or older, from any institution, will not transfer. ENG 1020 requires a grade of C- or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
Course Revised June 26, 2019
General Studies: Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO2
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ENG 1021 - Honors Research and Argument Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): C- or better in ENG 1009 or C- or better in ENG 1010 or Appropriate score on the First Year Writing placement or ACT English 27 or SAT Verbal 570 or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (620) AND Student in the Honors program or approval by the Honors Director
Description: This is a course for students in the Honors Program and addresses the process of writing extended essays supported by research. The course includes an introduction to research methods, practice in critical reading, thinking, and writing across the disciplines, integration of source material, and the conventions of MLA and APA styles of documentation. Students can expect to do a series of shorter writing and research assignments leading to the longer, documented paper and will write reflectively on their writing process.
Note: Because of continual development in research technology and techniques, credits ten years or older, from any institution, will not transfer. ENG 1021 requires a grade of C- or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
Course Revised June 26, 2019
General Studies: Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO2 Intermediate Writing Course
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ENG 1100 - Introduction to Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This is a general studies course in the understanding and analysis of literary genres, including fiction, drama, and poetry.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2
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ENG 2000 - Introduction to Textual Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: In this course, students study diverse texts in literature, film, graphic novels, linguistics, and rhetoric from a critical perspective appropriate to the large field of English studies and aimed at developing critical thinking skills for new reading and writing situations emerging in the twenty-first century. Students learn to analyze forms and uses of language across a variety of media, employing strategies of close textual explication and application of critical perspectives, while exploring the impact of written and visual discourses in shaping ideas, identities, and social values.
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ENG 2010 - Introduction to Linguistics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 or permission of instructor
Description: This course provides the basic analytic skills to view language from a variety of perspectives. In addition to studying language structure (phonology, morphology, and syntax), the students will discover how languages around the world differ from one another, how children acquire language, how animal communication is distinct from human language, how people use language as a form of social identity, and how languages change over time. Much of the course involves solving mini-language problems and discussing the relevance of language to our daily lives.
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ENG 2100 - Introduction to Literary Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: Designed primarily for English majors and minors, this course provides an introduction to literary studies. Students learn the terminology, analytical skills, and critical approaches of the discipline. Students read, discuss, and write about literature from a variety of cultures and identities (including national, ethnic, gender, and LGBTQ+).
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ENG 2110 - World Literature: Beginnings to 1600
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course surveys literature in translation composed and or written before 1600 by men and women in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The study of this literature is supported through discussion of geography, cultural interaction, and cultural change over time.
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ENG 2120 - World Literature: 1600 to Present
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course surveys literature in translation composed and/or written after 1600 by authors in Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa. The study of this literature is supported through discussion of geography, cultural interaction, and cultural change over time.
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ENG 2150 - Legends of Troy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This course studies the literature of the epic war between the Greeks and the Trojans. We read literature from ancient Greek and Roman sources and consider such characters as Achilles, Paris, Helen, Odysseus, and Hercules, and the groups connected with them: the Amazons, the Argonauts, the Spartan armies, and the Roman Legions. Students also consider the legacy of this war in popular culture: graphic novels, movies, and video games.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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ENG 2210 - American Literature: Beginnings through the Civil War
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course surveys literatures by diverse voices, written in America from the Pre-Colonial Era to the Civil War including poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. Students read, analyze, and write about Pre-Colonial, Colonial, Enlightenment, Reform, Romantic, and Transcendental American literatures.
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ENG 2220 - American Literature: Civil War to Present
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course surveys literature by diverse voices written in America from the Civil War to the present, including poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. Students read, analyze, and write about Realist, Naturalist, Modernist, and Postmodernist American literature.
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ENG 2240 - Introduction to Native American Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 or NAS 1000
Description: Students study the oral and written literatures of Native Americans in their historical, political and social context. This course is suitable for non-English majors.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or NAS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): NAS 2240
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ENG 2270 - Monsters and Monstrosity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This course offers an introduction to the practices of literary studies through the theme of monsters and monstrosity. Considering examples from different genres, media (such as literature, film, graphic novels), and time periods, students analyze the cultural significance of the monster in the many forms it may take and explore the ways in which creative works, through such figures as the monster, represent and rethink realities (social, cultural, scientific, human) through the blurring of the real and the imaginary.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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ENG 2310 - British Literature: Beginnings to the late 1700s
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course covers the development of the language, literary forms, and themes of the writers of England from the Anglo-Saxon period through the late 1700s. It includes innovations in literary style, the role of literature in articulating the philosophies and concerns of a culture, the historical background of each period, and linguistic change. Students develop skills in analyzing, discussing, and writing about literature of the Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Early Modern, Restoration, and Enlightenment periods.
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ENG 2330 - British Literature: Late 1700s to the Present
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course covers the development of literary forms and themes of British literature from the late 1700s to the present. It includes innovations in literary style, the way literature articulates the philosophies and concerns of a culture, and the historical background of each period. Students develop skills in analyzing, discussing, and writing about Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Postmodern and Contemporary British literature.
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ENG 2340 - Shakespeare and Popular Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: In this course, students study plays by Shakespeare and their adaptation to other media such as film, visual art, and the graphic novel. Students read, view, and write about plays and their adaptations to other media to improve their understanding of Shakespeare plays and their place in contemporary culture. This course is intended for non-English majors.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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ENG 2410 - Survey of Chicana/o Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 and ENG 1020, or permission of instructor
Description: This course reviews major literary genres associated with Chicana/o and Latina/o creative expression from the 1800s to the present, including poetry, drama, and the novel.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 2010
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ENG 2450 - Women’s Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course introduces students to women authors; to images of women in fiction, drama, and poetry; and to feminist literary criticism. Works by women of color are included. It has an historical perspective with most reading on British and United States women, particularly those writing in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. The focus will be on the ways in which literature by women in any tradition is affected by their gender.
Note: Course Revised June 26, 2019
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ENG 2460 - Introduction to Children’s Literature for Non-English Majors
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is intended for non-English majors who have a general interest in the subject of children’s literature, that is, writing intended for an audience ranging from pre-readers to early adolescents. The course will survey the genres and the history of such literature, including various oral traditions and current issues. Students will develop their abilities to understand, analyze, appreciate, and critique children’s literature.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2
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ENG 2500 - Introduction to Creative Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: Students write in a variety of genres (e.g., fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction), using a recursive process and a workshop setting to revise, edit, and polish their works to final drafts. Students study writing theory and sample texts to inform the structure, style, and literary qualities of their own writing.
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ENG 2505 - Rhetoric of War
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: In this course, students explore different representations of war and how these representations affect our views of soldiers, citizens, and society. Students analyze texts, such as letters, memoirs, art, film, poetry and literature, in order to discuss different forms of representation concerning war, and multiple perspectives of war.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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ENG 2510 - Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 or permission of instructor
Description: This course provides an introduction to written Rhetoric and Composition. Students are introduced to major theories, concepts, and historical figures in the field of written rhetoric and composition. Students consider the terminology, traditions, critical approaches, and controversies of written composition and rhetoric as the field evolves in the 21st Century.
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ENG 2512 - The Rhetoric of Social Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: Students study how traditional notions of literacy and creativity are being both challenged and encouraged by pervasive computing, particularly social media. Through readings, research and discussion, students assess and critique how social media are effective (or not), how they function rhetorically, and how they influence perceptions of written communications. Students learn to analyze the rhetorical features of texts both in print and digital form.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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ENG 2810 - Vampire Films
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: In this course students learn about vampire traditions in Western cultures and how they have evolved from the late middle ages to the present in written and cinematic forms. The emphasis is on theatrical-released film representations of those traditions, including their intercultural origins and their transmission across national and cultural boundaries.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
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ENG 2850 - International Film
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This course introduces the study of films, using classics of international cinema. Students study national cinemas, important movements, and critical trends, as well as themes, styles, and important figures relevant to each era/movement/national cinema. Students study representative films and the larger culture represented in those films. Students learn a film vocabulary that will enable them to articulate critical responses and write analytical, evaluative critiques.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
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ENG 2860 - Introduction to Film and Media Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or permission of the instructor
Description: In this course students study cinema as culture and art form, both on-screen and in written critique. The emphasis is on learning the fundamentals of film language, including mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, and sound, so that students can produce critical writing of their own. Films studied represent diverse perspectives, eras, styles, and nationalities; those films not from Anglophone cultures are screened with English subtitles.
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ENG 3011 - Analyzing English
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a practical approach to English language structure (i.e. phonology, morphology, and syntax), particularly useful to prospective teachers of English. The purpose of the course is to create a stronger understanding of the linguistic diversity in today’s society. The course requires students to describe and explain linguistic structures.
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ENG 3020 - History of the English Language
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or permission of instructor
Description: This course provides a study of both the internal history (sounds, inflections, and syntax) and the external history (political, social, and cultural influences) which have combined to make the English language in its many varieties what it is today.
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ENG 3030 - Semantics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is the study of meaning in natural language. Students examine the development of meaning, the significant linguistic units that carry meaning, and the ways people use language to convey meaning. The course deals with basic concepts, theories, and analytical techniques in contemporary linguistics.
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ENG 3050 - Language and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This course examines the dynamic relationships between language and society. The students will investigate why people speak differently in different social contexts by identifying the social functions of language and the ways in which language is used to convey social meaning. The course focuses on language variation, including such topics as languages and dialects, pidgins and creoles, bilingualism and multilingualism, linguistic solidarity and politeness, language planning and language change. Field methods, including ethical research procedures, are an integral part of the course.
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ENG 3070 - Old English
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Any one of the following: ENG 2010, ENG 3011, ENG 3020, or permission of instructor
Description: This course covers the basic vocabulary and grammar needed to read texts in Old English with the aid of reference materials. The grammatical structure of the language is studied in detail. The course also addresses the relevant cultural and historical contexts necessary for understanding Old English texts.
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ENG 3073 - Old Norse
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Any one of the following: ENG 2010, ENG 3011, ENG 3020, or permission of instructor
Description: This course covers the basic vocabulary and grammar needed to read texts in Old Norse with the aid of a glossary. It also addresses the relevant cultural and historical context necessary for understanding the texts.
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ENG 3075 - Latin
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Any one of the following: ENG 2010, ENG 3011, ENG 3020, or permission of instructor
Description: This course covers the basic vocabulary and grammar needed to read texts in Latin with the aid of reference materials. The grammatical structure of the language is studied in detail. The course also addresses the relevant cultural and historical contexts necessary for understanding Latin texts.
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ENG 3100 - Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: Students will read, analyze, and write about major works by Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, and John Milton. Students will study characteristics of Middle and Early Modern English, political and social environments in which the texts were written, and their critical legacies.
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ENG 3110 - Selected Literary Periods: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course studies representative texts of a specific literary period. Readings will include primary literature of the period, as well as materials exploring the literature’s contexts.
Note: This course may be repeated under different topics for up to 9 credits maximum.
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ENG 3118 - Postcolonial Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to selected literatures from formerly colonized countries. With reference to critical theories of postcolonialism, students examine texts that represent the complex social, political, linguistic, economic, and cultural dynamics that exist or have existed between colonized regions and colonizing powers. As students master the vocabulary of postcolonial studies, using this critical framework will develop their critical and interpretive skills as readers of world literature.
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ENG 3150 - Development of European Epic
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: This course traces and analyzes the development of the epic genre, focusing particularly on works produced in Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe, from the Celtic and Germanic heroic cultures and oral formulaic tradition through the development of later Medieval and Early Modern verse and prose epics. The course covers the important literary modes, tropes and themes prevalent in the epic genre; relevant historical and cultural factors in the development of different epic modes; relationships to the Classical period; and critical/theoretical approaches to the genre. Non-English texts are read in translation.
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ENG 3210 - Development of American Drama
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of the instructor
Description: Students read and analyze dramas and critical texts, tracing the development of American drama from the late eighteenth century to the present. The course provides instruction in historical and cultural contexts, dramatic techniques, and critical and theoretical views of the dramas. Students locate, study, and apply literary criticism appropriate to individual texts in their own written literary analysis.
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ENG 3230 - Development of the American Novel
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: Students read and analyze novels and critical texts, tracing the development of American novels from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The course provides instruction in historical and cultural contexts, narrative techniques, and critical and theoretical views of the novels. Students locate, study, and apply literary criticism appropriate to individual texts in their own written literary analysis.
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ENG 3240 - African American Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or AAS 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: Students read, analyze, and write about various forms of literature produced by African Americans with consideration of historical and social contexts. Course content includes oral tradition, slave narratives, Harlem Renaissance, Black Arts movement, and contemporary literature.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or AAS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3240
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ENG 3242 - Contemporary Native American Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or NAS 1000
Description: Students read, analyze, and write about various forms of literature produced by and about the Native American experience with consideration of historical and social contexts. Course content includes important contemporary Native American writers in a variety of cultures, critical readings on indigenous history and pertinent theory, and explore how historical contingencies and political debates inform literature, as well as how literature and culture can inform and challenge public and political opinion.
Note: Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or NAS.
Cross Listed Course(s): NAS 3242
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ENG 3250 - Black Women Writers
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): AAS 1010 or ENG 1020
Description: The course studies selected works chosen as representative of the issues and concerns of Black women worldwide as voiced by Black women writers from Africa and the Diaspora.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS, ENG, GWS, or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3250, GWS 3250, HON 3250
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ENG 3280 - Development of American Poetry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and junior-level standing, or permission of the instructor
Description: In this course, students trace and analyze the development of American poetry from the beginning to the present. The course focuses on the reading and analysis of poetry, covering historical contexts, philosophical and cultural trends, poetic techniques, and critical and theoretical perspectives.
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ENG 3330 - Development of the British Novel
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: Students read and analyze fiction, tracing the development of British novels written in English from the late 1600s to the present. The course provides instruction in historical contexts, economic/material constraints of publishing, narrative techniques, and critical and theoretical analyses of the novels. Students locate, study, and apply literary criticism appropriate to individual texts in written literary analysis.
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ENG 3350 - Essential Shakespeare
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: Students read and analyze plays and selected sonnets that form the core of Shakespeare’s continuing canonical status in texts, on stages, and in the classrooms of the English speaking world. Students analyze these works and their historical contexts, alongside current cultural concerns, including the maintenance of the canonical status of Shakespeare’s works as well as the politics of race, gender, colonialism, and governance in his works. This course is available to English majors and non-English majors.
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ENG 3360 - LGBT Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or GWS 1200
Description: Students read, analyze, and write about various forms of literature produced by and about the LBGT experience with consideration of historical and social contexts. Course content includes important LBGT writers in a variety of literary periods and cultures, critical readings on LGBT history and pertinent theory, and explore how historical contingencies and political debates inform literature, as well as how literature and culture inform and challenge public and political opinion.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3430
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ENG 3370 - Contemporary World Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course introduces students to literature from the world outside British and American cultural traditions. Readings focus on fictional narratives originating in regions such as Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America, and Continental European literature. Students expand their knowledge of different cultures, acquire theoretical understanding of postcolonial issues since the mid-twentieth century, and enhance their skills in reading and interpreting literatures from other parts of the world.
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ENG 3400 - Development of Modern Poetry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students study poetry from the Modern period: the mid-19th century through World War II. Students read, analyze, and write about poetry and poetic theory. Attention will be given to locating and understanding literary criticism appropriate to individual texts and using that analysis in the writing of the researched literary analysis.
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ENG 3420 - The English Bible as Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of the instructor
Description: This course is a critical study of the Bible in English translation with emphasis on the literary forms and cultural contexts of the books of the Bible from the Hebrew Bible through the New Testament. Students examines the historical contexts, narrative techniques, development of canonical versus non-canonical biblical text, and critical and theoretical evaluations of the Bible as a work of literature, with attention to locating and understanding literary criticism appropriate to individual texts and using those resources in the writing of researched literary analysis.
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ENG 3430 - Classical Mythology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of the instructor
Description: Students read, analyze, and write about ancient Greek and Roman mythology as expressed in translations of enduring works of Classical literature. The course provides instruction in historical contexts, narrative techniques, and critical evaluations of Classical mythology. Students locate, study, and apply literary criticism appropriate to individual texts in written literary analysis.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3430
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ENG 3435 - Sexuality and Gender in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students explore the expression of gender in Ancient Greek and Roman literature, wherein gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines are defined by their gender and sexuality. Using critical and theoretical approaches appropriate to the study of treatments of gender and sexuality in literary texts, students will read, analyze, discuss, and write about Greek and Roman literature.
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ENG 3440 - Myth and Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines major mythological texts, including Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Christian, and non-Western, and their influences on literature. Students consider the intertextuality of myths and their reinterpretations in later literature. Students also study relevant literary theory and criticism.
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ENG 3461 - Analyzing Children’s Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: This course studies various levels and types of children’s literature with attention to applying literary theory to the analysis of children’s literature. The course traces the connected historical development of concepts of childhood and children’s literature. Students analyze and critique various works of children’s literature across a number of time periods, modes, and genres.
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ENG 3470 - Young Adult Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: This course provides a comprehensive critical survey of various types and genres of contemporary young adult literature. It focuses on issues relating to selection, culture, gender, diversity, and response to and analysis of literature in both print and non-print forms.
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ENG 3475 - Affirming Diverse Voices in Literature in the Secondary Education Classroom
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level standing or permission of instructor
Description: This is a course in the study of the representative works by people of color and diverse ethnicities most frequently taught in the secondary classroom. Students will study critical theory and literary influences.
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ENG 3480 - The Chicano Novel
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 2010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course deals with origins, themes, and techniques that characterize the Chicano novel. It is an in-depth study of the best examples of literary production in both Spanish and English.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or CHS. Suitable for non-English majors.
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 3400
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ENG 3501 - Studies in Rhetoric and Writing: Style
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or ENG 2510
Description: This course focuses on the rhetorical, social, cultural, and political contexts of writing styles and style guides. Coursework may incorporate lectures, selected textual studies, group discussion, workshops, and supervised projects.
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ENG 3503 - Rhetoric and Visual Literacy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or ENG 2500 or ENG 2510
Description: The course is a study on visual literacy and writing through the analysis of how text, through rhetoric, both cultivates and restricts the formation of power, identity, and community. Students analyze the material environment, such as film and new media, clothes, furniture, food, music, signage, tools, toys, and other objects, as rhetorical fields of persuasive appeals and how they influence, liberate, and constrain the formation of identity and community.
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ENG 3505 - Concepts of Authorship
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or ENG 2500 or ENG 2510
Description: This course examines Western concepts of authorship and originality. Topics include copyright and intellectual property law, collaborative authorship, theories of invention, and contemporary challenges to the idea of solitary authorship, including the Internet, the writing workshop, writing centers, and workplace writing practices.
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ENG 3506 - Academic Editing and Composing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: Students learn the principles of editing and composing documents for diverse academic audiences. Students work with a variety of documents, including scholarly and academic papers, conference talks, scholarly blogs, and book reviews, to explore how editing shapes texts with regard to content, format, style, tone, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
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ENG 3507 - Writing Reviews and Criticism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or ENG 2500 or ENG 2510
Description: In this course, students learn the basics of writing reviews and criticism, focusing on purposes, conventions, and techniques. Emphasis will be placed on writing literature reviews, book reviews, and reviews of other cultural artifacts, including film, food, and art, for both scholarly and popular audiences.
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ENG 3510 - Composition Studies: Theories and Practice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 and junior standing, or permission of instructor
Description: This class is a study of the theoretical foundations of writing and writing processes, focusing on writing as both a personal and a social act. Students apply theories of writing to their own processes and in tum learn how writing works. Students develop their own theory of composing based on reading and practical application in composition studies.
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ENG 3520 - Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2510
Description: This course introduces students to the types of research methods used in rhetoric and composition. Students explore what types of questions are answered by different types of research methodologies and how empirical studies in rhetoric and composition are designed. Methodological issues such as data collection, coding, validity, and reliability are considered, as well as participant rights and protections and other ethical issues. Students design an empirical study.
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ENG 3521 - Poetry Writing Workshop
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100, and ENG 2500, or permission of instructor
Description: Students in this writing workshop will be introduced to the major conventions of poetry writing while writing their own poems. Students will practice generating, drafting, editing, polishing, and revising each poem. The class will include peer workshops and poetry readings.
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ENG 3522 - Fiction Writing Workshop
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100, and ENG 2500, or permission of instructor
Description: Students will learn, develop, and practice fiction writing. Writing assignments will focus on the development of plot, character, theme, setting, and voice. The course will focus not only on the craft necessary to develop a marketable narrative, but also on the tools needed to build a challenging and supportive workshop environment.
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ENG 3523 - Drama Writing Workshop
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2500 or THE 2210 or permission of the instructor
Description: This course introduces the basics of playwriting style and structure. Writing assignments focus on crafting dialogue, developing characters, and structuring effective plots. Emphasis is placed on the collaborative nature of playwriting, with its ultimate goal of public performance.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or THE.
Cross Listed Course(s): THE 3523
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ENG 3524 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100, and ENG 2500, or permission of instructor
Description: This class includes the study and writing of creative nonfiction and its subgenres, e.g., literary memoir, personal essay, literary journalism, nature writing, and literary travel writing, through group discussions and supervised workshops, developing their writing processes. Students in this writing workshop will be introduced to the major conventions of creative nonfiction while writing their own pieces and participating in peer workshops.
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ENG 3525 - Professional and Scholarly Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021, Junior-level standing, or permission of the instructor
Description: Students explore the expectations that shape scholarly writing in their various disciplines and employ the correct forms, interpret and synthesize the literature, and presentation of their researched writing to various audiences. Students draw on research appropriate for discipline-specific publications and/or conference presentations. During this course, students learn to transform their work into publishable articles with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review.
General Studies: Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO3
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ENG 3526 - Writing in the Sciences
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: Students explore the expectations that shape scientific writing in their various scientific disciplines and employ the correct forms, interpret and synthesize the literature and present their researched writing to various audiences. Students draw on research appropriate for discipline-specific publications and/or conference presentations. During this course, students transform their work into publishable/presentable texts with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review.
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ENG 3535 - Essentials of Grant Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: Students study the political and social aspects of grantwriting (understanding grant cycles, key players behind funding and stylistic necessities for winning grants) and practice the craft of grantwriting (researching pertinent RFPs, composing and submitting a proposal).
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ENG 3570 - Songwriting
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces the basic aesthetic and communicative concepts of songwriting with regard to tradition and to contemporary trends and enables students to articulate a conscious method appropriate to their own aesthetic approaches to songwriting in the context of traditional songwriting. Students compose original songs with various features (lyrics, melody, harmony, etc.) and document them so that each song may be communicated and performed in various different genres, styles, and situations.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): MUS 3240
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ENG 3610 - Theories of Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: Students in this course read major texts in the history of literary criticism, from the Greeks to the present. Students learn to distinguish among various theories and critical strategies, and to apply them to literature. Course work includes advanced study of some literary work and critical writing about it. This course is required for English majors in the Literature concentration.
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ENG 3620 - Perspectives in Literary Criticism: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level Standing
Description: This course studies representative texts of a specific critical perspective (such as structuralism, historicism, materialist criticism, feminist/gender criticism, racial/ethnic identity) applied in literary analysis. Readings include critical and theoretical texts working in the selected critical mode, as well as primary literary texts representing a variety of contexts through which the particular critical perspective may be applied and explored.
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ENG 3621 - Gender Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level Standing
Description: In this course, students explore gender theory in literary studies, from its roots in feminist theory to the development of queer theory, considering differences and points of intersection between feminist, gender, and queer theory perspectives. Readings include critical and theoretical texts representative of the variety of approaches and issues that emerge within gender-related theory, as well as literary texts, from a variety of contexts, through which to consider the perspectives and issues of literary analysis based in questions of gender.
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ENG 3670 - Writing Center Theory and Practice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: In this course, students learn about theories of how writing is learned and taught in one-on-one settings. Students study composition and language theory, research methods, multiple literacies, and a variety of tutoring methods for working with diverse populations. Students apply what they have learned by observing, analyzing, and reflecting on tutoring sessions and processes.
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ENG 3671 - Writing Tutoring
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students learn the basic practices of writing tutoring in one-on-one settings. Students study and practice a variety of tutoring methods for working with diverse populations. Students apply what they have learned by observing, analyzing, and reflecting on tutoring sessions and processes.
Note: Course cannot be taken if ENG 3670 has been taken.
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ENG 3672 - Research in Writing Centers
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): ENG 3670
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 3671
Description: Students learn how to conduct empirical research in a writing center setting. Topics include human subjects research protections, formulating research questions, qualitative research study design, data collection and management, and data analysis and interpretation.
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ENG 3711 - History of Cinema I: Beginning to 1938
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2860
Description: This course will examine the history of cinema from its 19th-century origins until the introduction of sound films in the 1920s through 1938. Students explore important developments and influences in American and international cinema, including the creation of realistic and fantastic styles, the formation of Hollywood narrative, the impact of vaudeville and stage theatre, the emergence of film genres, melodrama, the contributions of women in early cinema, the place of race film, and the evolution of classical editing and dialectical montage.
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ENG 3712 - History of Cinema II: 1939 to Present
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2680
Description: This course will examine the history of cinema from 1939 to the present. Students explore important developments and influences in American and international cinema, including Classical Hollywood Cinema, Italian Neorealism, Film Noir, the French New Wave, European Art Cinema, New German Cinema, the Hollywood transition years, the emergence of other important national cinemas, and the influence of new technologies, including special effects and digital filmmaking.
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ENG 3720 - Film and Media Studies Topics: Variable Topic
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 and ENG 2860
Description: In this course students examine a grouping of cinematic and/or other visual media productions in their historical, cultural, national, regional, and/or other general contexts. Films and/or other visual media are grouped based on considerations such as national cinemas (e.g., Indian Cinema); regional cinemas (e.g., African Cinema); type (e.g., short films, TV series, other visual media); category (e.g., film trilogies, TV, other visual media); and other topics as defined by the specific syllabus. Films and other visual media are screened during laboratory hours or online. This course may be repeated under different topics.
Note: This course may be repeated under different topics for up to 9 credits.
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ENG 3721 - Cinema of India
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2860 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students examine what makes the movies of India distinctive. Although the emphasis is on films associated with the term Bollywood, some Indian films from outside the mainstream Bollywood tradition are also included, such as an independent film, a Bengali regional film, a diasporic IndoCanadian film, a documentary film, an animated film. Studies include readings in film criticism that address issues of cinematic form and cultural context. ENG 2860 recommended.
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ENG 3722 - Native American Cinema
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NAS 1000
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: Students examine films in several contexts, including the use of film by the dominant society as a means of creating a national identity, socializing Indians, and reinforcing power relationships in the political arena; the use of films by Native American filmmakers as an affirmation of identity and a mechanism for presenting an indigenous view of history, culture and political relationships with the dominant society. Students examine a range of genres, narrative and non-narrative films, live-action films, documentaries, experimental film, and animation. Students examine a broad range of topics, including film form (mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound); the use of film as a modern storytelling medium and as a mechanism for bridging cultural divides; and film theory. The course also examines the historical, cultural, economic, and theoretical aspects of each film/cinematic area.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): NAS 3722
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ENG 3725 - Studies in Cinema: Gender in Mainstream American Film
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2860 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students explore the expression of gender in American film from the origins of cinema to the present day. Students examine such elements as the influence of the ”gaze,” the depiction of gender-specific subject matter, and the changing depictions of gender, from heteronormative to queer, over time. Students apply film theory in analysis of and writing about the films.
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ENG 3750 - Cinema Genre: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2860 or Permission of instructor
Description: In this course students will examine a grouping of cinematic productions in their historical, cultural contexts. Films will be grouped based on considerations such as nation of origin (for example, German Cinema), content (for example, Silent Comedy), or style (for example, Film Noir). Films will be screened during laboratory hours.
Note: This course may be repeated under different topics.
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ENG 3770 - Multicultural Cinema
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1010 or ENG 1020
Description: This course covers four areas of multicultural cinema, including African-American Cinema, Asian-American Cinema, Native-American Cinema, and Latinx-American Cinema. Each unit focuses on representations of those specific groups throughout the history of cinema, prominent actors and directors, and how/if representations change over the course of cinema history. The course includes films about each group made by members of each of the groups as well as films made by filmmakers outside of the groups. The course also examines the historical, cultural, economic, and theoretical aspects of each cinematic area.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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ENG 3820 - Writing Studio: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100, ENG 2500 and Junior-level standing. Note: Variants of this course will require different prerequisites, aligning with the variable topic course content.
Description: This course offers specialized studios in the writing of a particular literary subgenre or expository form. Coursework will incorporate lectures, selected textual studies, group discussion, workshops, and supervised projects.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics for up to 9 credits maximum.
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ENG 4020 - Old English II: Advanced Translation and Readings
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 3070 or permission of instructor
Description: A second semester of Old English, this course reinforces and expands the knowledge of Old English grammar and vocabulary acquired in ENG 3070 by concentrated readings and translations from selected Old English prose and poetry texts. There is also a continuing emphasis on the relevant cultural and historical contexts necessary for understanding the texts. Students go beyond translation to a critical understanding and appreciation of Old English literature in the original language.
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ENG 4110 - Advanced Studies in Literature: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course studies literary works selected as significant expressions of a school, idea, or mode. The works may be drawn from one or more literary eras.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics for up to 9 credits maximum.
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ENG 4114 - Multi-Ethnic Women’s Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level standing, or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students study contemporary multi-ethnic literature of the United States written by women, focusing on Chicana, American Indian, African American, Asian and Pacific American authors. Students examine the ways in which the texts articulate and respond to cultural and historical contexts, especially in relation to agency and voice.
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ENG 4116 - Harlem Renaissance
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level standing or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a study of the African American literature that was part of the creative movement centered in Harlem, New York, from World War I through the 1930s.
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ENG 4118 - Gender in the Graphic Novel
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100
Description: Students in this course examine the portrayals of gender in the graphic novel, the depiction of gender-specific subject matter, and the changing depictions of gender, from heteronormative to queer, over time. Students apply theory in analysis of and writing about the graphic novel, including the graphic novel’s relationship to traditional, text-only literature. Students develop visual literacy, reflecting on how images and writing function in relation to one another. Primary readings are supplemented with secondary works that address sociohistorical contexts, interpretive approaches, literary devices, and the cultural politics of the medium. Students study critical and theoretical evaluations of these texts and apply them in written literary analysis.
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ENG 4130 - Major Authors: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This is a course in the study of the artistic and intellectual development of one to three major writers, including representative works, critical theory, and literary and other influences.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics for up to 9 credits maximum.
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ENG 4131 - Jane Austen
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is an in-depth study of the writing career of Jane Austen, pioneer writer of fictional narratives and still widely read English novelist. Readings include some of the juvenilia, Lady Susan, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Sanditon, as well as various essays about Austen and her works.
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ENG 4133 - Virginia Woolf
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor
Description: This course traces, in representative works, the artistic and intellectual development of Virginia Woolf.
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ENG 4134 - Margaret Atwood
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level standing or permission of instructor
Description: This course traces, in representative works, the artistic and intellectual development of Margaret Atwood (1939-).
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ENG 4135 - Sylvia Plath
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level standing
Description: This course traces, in representative works, the artistic and intellectual development of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963).
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ENG 4137 - Chinua Achebe
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 and Junior-level Standing or permission of instructor
Description: This course traces the artistic and intellectual development of Chinua Achebe (1930-2013), including representative works, historical and cultural contexts, critical theory, literary and other influences with special attention paid to the post-colonial movement.
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