Jun 26, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


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.
 

Elementary Education

  
  • EDU 4120 - Integrated Methods of Teaching Science, Health and Mathematics: K-6



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SCI 2610 MTH 2620, RDG 3110, EDU 3640, EDU 3650; EDU 3660 or ENG 4650

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SCI 2620, MTL 3600

    Description: This course presents an overview of the integrated methods, materials, and curricula currently in use in elementary science, health, and mathematics education. Promotion of positive attitudes, gender equity, inquiry, discovery, and problem-solving techniques and strategies will be stressed. Teacher candidates will make decisions based on the diverse contexts of the classroom and pupils, incorporating state and national standards, including the appropriate use of technology and development of appropriate assessment strategies to support effective instruction.

    Note: Teacher candidates must take EDU 4125, a 55-hour field experience, concurrently.

  
  • EDU 4125 - Field Experience: Integrated Science, Health and Mathematics: K-6



    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): SCI 2610, MTH 2620, RDG 3110, EDU 3640, EDU 3650; EDU 3660 or ENG 4650

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MTL 3660, SCI 2620

    Description: This course is a field experience taken concurrently with EDU 4120. Teacher candidates will spend 55 hours in an elementary classroom practicing making instructional, assessment, and management decisions in mathematics, science, and health in the diverse contexts of a public school classroom.

  
  • EDU 4190 - Elementary Student Teaching and Seminar: K-6



    Credits: 6,12

    Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of all requirements of the major and the elementary licensure program

    Description: This is a supervised, full-time field experience in an accredited public or private elementary school, providing increasing responsibility for the teaching, supervision, and assessment of learners (grades K-6). Ten hours of seminar are required (five hours for six credit course). To pass this course, and be recommended for licensure, teacher candidates must be minimally rated as proficient in all Performance-Based Standards for Colorado Teachers. Each student teacher is required to complete the Teacher Work Sample with all requirements rates as proficient or higher.

    University Requirement(s): Senior Experience

  
  • EDU 4222 - Designing Instruction For All Learners



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): EDU 4115 or EDU 4116; RDG 4444

    Corequisite(s): EDU 4225 or EDU 4226

    Description: This course focuses on the knowledge and skills of data literate teachers, who can select and create valid and reliable assessments, critically analyze resultant assessment data, and plan instruction utilizing varied differentiation models to increase academic achievement for students with diverse learning needs. Attention is given to grouping strategies and management of the classroom environment for successful whole group, small group and individual instruction. Tracking individual and class performance through multiple measures and analyzing the success of differentiated instructional sequences is included. Teacher candidates apply these techniques in the co-requisite Residency II and reflect upon successes, challenges, and adaptations in practice with course peers.

  
  • EDU 4225 - Residency II



    Credits: 3-9

    Prerequisite(s): EDU 4115 (or CLD 4115), and RDG 4444

    Corequisite(s): EDU 4222

    Description: This culminating, full-time clinical residency will place the teacher candidate in an assigned, accredited public or private elementary school. Close collaboration between the candidate and mentor teacher will occur in a variety of ways, including the candidate taking the role of lead teacher. The candidate will assume responsibility for all functions of the classroom, including overall design and implementation of instruction and assessment in all curricular areas, maintenance of a productive classroom environment tailored to the needs of diverse learners, communication with colleagues and families, and integration of technology to improve student learning. Knowledge and skills gained in the corequisite EDU 4222 course concerning assessment, data, and use of specific instructional strategies for identified needs are practiced, and the teacher candidates evaluate these practices in light of class and individual academic achievement. Seminar accompanies Residency II.

    University Requirement(s): Senior Experience

  
  • EDU 4226 - CLD Residency II



    Credits: 9

    Prerequisite(s): RDG 4444; EDU 4115 or EDU 4116, all concentration coursework

    Corequisite(s): EDU 4222

    Description: This culminating, full-time clinical residency will place the teacher candidate in an assigned, accredited public or private elementary school. Close collaboration between the candidate and mentor teacher will occur in a variety of ways, including the candidate taking the role of lead teacher.  The candidate will assume responsibility for all functions of the classroom, including overall design and implementation of instruction and assessment in all curricular areas, maintenance of a productive classroom environment tailored to the needs of diverse learners, communication with colleagues and families, and integration of technology to improve student learning.  Knowledge and skills gained in the corequisite EDU 4222  course concerning assessment, data, and use of specific instructional strategies for identified needs are practiced, and the teacher candidates evaluate these practices in light of class and individual academic achievement. Candidates participate in all content area instruction. CLD Residency II includes a seminar.

    University Requirement(s): Senior Experience

  
  • EDU 4300 - Acting Like a Teacher



    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of General Studies requirements in Oral Communication

    Description: This class examines and explores the formation of classroom presence using a variety of acting, speaking and vocal techniques to develop, build, and encourage skills supporting an effective classroom persona. Students will practice and demonstrate body movement, posture, and deportment skills along with verbal and nonverbal communication skills to support classroom management and motivate pupil attention and engagement. Students will identify, learn, and practice intentional vocal and visual techniques to make instructional communication more effective.

  
  • EDU 4510 - Development of Methods and Materials for Second Language/Bilingual/Bicultural Learning



    Credits: 4

    Prerequisite(s): EDU 3510 and satisfactory proficiency in Spanish reading, writing, listening, and speaking as determined by written and oral exams administered by MSU Denver Spanish-speaking faculty

    Description: This course is designed to help students identify appropriate integrated bilingual instructional materials aligned to Colorado model content standards in the areas of reading and writing, mathematics, science, social studies, health, and fine arts. It emphasizes planning, implementing, and evaluating integrated curriculum for the linguistically and culturally diverse student with alternatives in approaches and methodology. The course includes 15 hours of field experience in a bilingual classroom where students apply course concepts in real school settings.

  
  • EDU 4590 - Linguistically Diverse Student Teaching and Seminar



    Credits: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of all requirements of the major, minor, linguistically diverse endorsement, teacher licensure program, and general studies

    Description: Satisfaction of all student teaching application requirements by the required deadline. Passage of the Linguistically Diverse PLACE test. Corequisite: In addition to taking EDU 4590 students must complete eight weeks of student teaching (EDU 4190, EDS 4290, or ECE 4390) in an elementary, secondary, or early childhood classroom working with a cooperating teacher in their initial licensure area. This course is a supervised, full-time, eight-week student-teaching experience in an accredited public or private school’s linguistically diverse program. The experience provides increasing responsibility for the teaching, supervising, and directing of an identified group of English language learners, K-12. Teacher candidates must attend 10 hours of seminar conducted by college supervisors of student teaching. For this course, teacher candidates work with a linguistically diverse teacher and demonstrate proficiency in all phases of linguistically diverse classroom instruction. Teacher candidates are required to complete components of the teacher work sample and demonstrate proficiency in Performance Based Standards for Colorado Teachers as well as Colorado Linguistically Diverse Endorsement Standards. Proficiency required for recommendation for linguistically diverse endorsement includes ability to impact English language learners’ academic success and to develop their English language proficiency.

  
  • EDU 4650 - Current Issues in Education: Variable Topics



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Advanced students in education

    Description: An in-depth examination of selected current topics and issues in education. Topics vary but all are of current importance, requiring the study of recent writings, research, and legislation.

    Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.

  
  • EDU 4700 - Substitute Teacher Workshop



    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): Bachelor’s degree or permission of instructor

    Description: This course provides the background knowledge, methods, techniques and materials for substitute teachers at the elementary and middle school levels to be more confident and competent substitute instructors.


English

  
  • ENG 1001 - Writing Studio A



    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s): Score of 50 or above on Sentence Skills Accuplacer and secondary placement

    Corequisite(s): ENG 1010

    Description: This one-hour lab provides supplemental academic instruction with an emphasis on the relationship of reading and grammar to writing.

  
  • ENG 1002 - Writing Studio B



    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): Score of 50 or above on Sentence Skills Accuplacer and secondary placement

    Corequisite(s): ENG 1008 or ENG 1009

    Description: This two-hour lab provides supplemental academic instruction for international students or students who have completed their high school education outside the United States. This course emphasizes the relationship of reading and grammar to writing. It also explores the conventions of American academic writing and writing classes.

  
  • ENG 1008 - Stretch Composing Arguments A



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Appropriate score on the First Year Writing placement.

    Description: This course focuses on writing, rhetorical situations, and textual analysis. 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. This semester is the first half of a two-semester sequence (ENG 1008 and ENG 1009) that is taught by a single professor and is a prerequisite for ENG 1020. This two-semester sequence is a study-and-process-intensive equivalent to ENG 1010. Coursework does not include library research. Students must receive a D- or better to continue into ENG 1009.

  
  • 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.

    General Studies: Written Communication

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO1

  
  • ENG 1010 - Composing Arguments



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 470 or SAT Verbal 430 or ACT English 18 or Appropriate score on the First Year Writing placement.

    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

  
  • 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.

    General Studies: Written Communication

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO2

  
  • 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.

    General Studies: Written Communication

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO2

  
  • 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

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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+).

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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

  
  • ENG 2170 - Medieval Mythologies



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020

    Description: In this course, students study mythologies of the world as circulated in the period 500-1500, including stories about the Asian Monkey King, the Aztec Quetzalcoatl, Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Japanese samurai, and Arabian jinn. It considers these legends in their sacred contexts and looks at transmission and changes across cultures and across time-many of these mythologies are part of contemporary culture.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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
  
  • 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

  
  • 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. 

     

  
  • 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. 

     

  
  • 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.

    Note: Course Revised August 12, 2020

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2

  
  • 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.

    Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or ENG.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2

    University Requirement(s): Multicultural

    Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 2010
  
  • ENG 2450 - Contemporary Women’s Literature



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 2000 or GWS 1001

    Description: In this course, students study various texts by women writers with an emphasis on contemporary writing, or writing from the 20th Century to the present. Students read, analyze, discuss, and write about women’s texts through gender studies and feminist studies theoretical lenses. Students focus on different sociocultural and sociopolitical issues that exist and surface in women’s writing. Course content is themed around issues that are most relevant and prevalent to women and their stories.

    Note: Credit granted for only one prefix: ENG or GWS.

    Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 2450
  
  • 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

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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

  
  • ENG 2810 - Vampire Films



    Credits: 3

    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

  
  • ENG 2850 - International Film



    Credits: 3

    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

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • ENG 3111 - Studies in Early Anglophone Literature



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000

    Description: This course focuses on the study of literature in English within its historical and cultural contexts, examining characteristic writers responding to ideas and events in earlier Anglophone literature (before c. 1800). Readings include primary literature of the period as well as materials exploring the literature’s contexts and may also include attention to examples of modern portrayals of the earlier period.

  
  • ENG 3112 - Studies in Early World Literature



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000

    Description: This course focuses on the study of world literature (non-Anglophone) within its historical and cultural contexts, examining characteristic writers responding to ideas and events in early world literature from its beginnings to c. 1600. Readings include primary literature read in translation as well as materials exploring the literature’s contexts and may also include attention to examples of modern portrayals of the earlier period.

  
  • ENG 3113 - Studies in Later Anglophone Literature



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000

    Description: This course focuses on the study of literature in English within its historical and cultural contexts, examining characteristic writers responding to ideas and events in the modern period (c. 1800 to present). Readings include primary literature as well as materials exploring the literature’s contexts.

  
  • ENG 3114 - Studies in Later World Literature



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000

    Description: This course focuses on the study of world literature (non-Anglophone) within its historical and cultural contexts, examining characteristic writers responding to ideas and events in world literature from c. 1600 to the present. Readings include primary literature of the period read in translation as well as materials exploring the literature’s contexts.

  
  • 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.

  
  • ENG 3120 - Literature and Film: Variable Topics



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2860

    Description: This course focuses on variable topics in the study of literature and film. The course addresses the development of specific themes (such as representational modes, schools of thought, or specific social issues) across written texts and visual media narratives, considering both the representations and explorations of the theme under study in individual works from various periods and/or contexts and differences in narrative and representational strategies between print texts and film texts.

    Note: This course may be repeated under different topics two times.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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
  
  • 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
  
  • 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
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • ENG 3508 - Rhetoric of Humor: Parody, Satire, and Comedy



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021

    Description: Students explore how humor persuades, considering comedic texts and performances as rhetorical. Students examine the relationship between writer and audience, the purposes of humor, and the rhetorical techniques and strategies comedic writers use. Humorous texts in a variety of genres are studied, and students also produce their own humorous texts.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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
  
  • 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.

  
  • ENG 3525 - Scholarly Writing



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020, ENG 1021

    Description: Students study the expectations that shape scholarly writing in their various academic disciplines. Students draw on research appropriate for discipline-specific peer-reviewed publications and/or conference presentations. During this course, students learn to transform their written work into submission-ready artifacts with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students who plan to attend graduate school or are in writing-intensive degree programs.

    General Studies: Written Communication

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO3

  
  • 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. This course is ideal for students who are majoring in a science discipline.

    General Studies: Written Communication

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO3

  
  • ENG 3527 - Professional Writing



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021

    Description: This course introduces key concepts and practices of professional writing, including various written genres, research, document design and visual rhetoric, and use of style guides. Students explore the expectations that shape professional writing such as how to employ the correct forms, interpret and synthesize the literature and present their researched writing to various audiences.  During this course, students learn to transform their work into sharable documents with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students to develop and polish writing skills that will be needed for their career.

    General Studies: Written Communication

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-CO3

  
  • 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). 

  
  • 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
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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. 

  
  • 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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