Courses

Provides training and practice in writing. Focuses on the writing process, the fundamentals of composition, and the structure of argument. Provides numerous and varied assignments with opportunity for revision. Prereqs., College of Arts and Sciences freshman or sophomore standing. Not open to business or engineering majors. Meets MAPS requirement for English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: lower-division written communication. Prerequisites: Not open to Engineering or Business majors.

Introduces techniques of fiction and poetry. Student work is scrutinized by the instructor and may be discussed in a workshop atmosphere with other students. May not be taken concurrently with ENGL 2021 or 2051. May not be repeated. Not open to graduate students.

Introduces literature by women in England and America. Covers both poetry and fiction and varying historical periods. Acquaints students with the contribution of women writers to the English literary tradition and investigates the nature of this contribution. Same as WMST 1260. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Introduces students to a range of major works of British literature, including at least one play by Shakespeare, a pre-20th century English novel, and works by Chaucer and/or Milton. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Enhances student understanding of the American literary and artistic heritage through an intensive study of a few centrally significant texts, emphasizing works written before the 20th century. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Introduces significant fiction by ethnic Americans. Explores both the literary and the cultural elements that distinguish work by these writers. Emphasizes materials from Native American, African American, and Chicano traditions. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Introductory course in poetry writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., ENGL 1191 (min grade B-), or equivalent transfer course work. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 1191 (B- or better). Not open to graduate students.

Provides basic skills for the English major, enhanced with a language arts lab. Emphasizes critical writing and the acquisition of the techniques and vocabulary of criticism through close attention to literary language. Required for students who declared the major summer 1999 and thereafter. Restricted to English majors. Credit not granted for this course and English 2000. Formerly ENGL 2020. Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors only.

Serves as an introduction to media studies, including theories and methodologies for undertaking media scholarship within the humanities. Topics may include the history of the book, text messaging, blogging, and gaming, as well as digital fiction and poetry. Same as ATLS 2036. Formerly ENGL 2030.

Introductory course in fiction writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., ENGL 1191 (min grade B-), or equivalent transfer course work. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 1191 (B- or better).

Surveys the major literary trends in prose and poetry from 1900 to the present in the Anglo-American tradition of modern, postmodern, and contemporary literature. Provides students with a grounding in the major authors and motifs of 20th- and 21st-century in literature connection with political and cultural changes across the periods.

Provides a basic skills course designed to equip students to handle the English major. Emphasizes critical writing and the acquisition of basic techniques and vocabulary of literary criticism through close attention to poetic and prose language. Required for students who declared the major summer 1999 and thereafter. Restricted to English majors only. Credit not granted for this course and ENGL 1010. Formerly ENGL 2000. Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors only.

Introduces students to a wide range of critical theories that English majors need to know. Covers major movements in modern literary/critical theory, from Matthew Arnold through new criticism to contemporary postmodern frameworks. Required for all English majors. Restricted to English majors only. Formerly ENGL 2010. Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors only.

Considers the backdrop of the American West in literature, film, photography, and gaming. We will focus on a range of narratives and images depicting this wide swathe of American geography while simultaneously cultivating close reading skills, digital media analysis and film analysis that will aid you in deeper insights at the textual level. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: U.S. context.

Studies major texts of medieval and Renaissance writers who fundamentally influenced the course of English writing. Ordinarily deals with Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton, though other classical, medieval, and Renaissance authors may be substituted.

Provides a chronological study of great figures and forces in English literature from Beowulf to 1660. Formerly ENGL 2502.

Provides a chronological study of great figures and forces in English literature from 1660 to the present. Formerly ENGL 2512.

Close study of literary classics of Western civilization: the Odyssey or Iliad, Greek drama, and several books of the Bible. Formerly ENGL 2602.

Close study of literary classics of Western civilization: major Roman and medieval texts. Formerly ENGL 2612.

Chronological survey of the literature from Bradford to Whitman. Restricted to English, humanities, and film studies majors only. Credit not granted for this course and ENGL 3654. Similar to ENGL 3655. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) English (ENGL), Humanities (HUMN) or Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.

Chronological survey of the literature from Whitman to Faulkner. Continuation of ENGL 3655. Credit not granted for this course and ENGL 3664. Similar to ENGL 3665. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) English (ENGL), Humanities (HUMN) or Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.

Offers students at sophomore and junior levels an introduction to some of the forms, concerns, and genres of contemporary lesbian, bisexual, and gay writing in English. Prereq., sophomore standing. Same as LGBT 2707.

Surveys historical and contemporary North American Native American literature. Examines the continuity and incorporation of traditional stories and values in Native Literature, including novels, short stories, and poetry. Same as ETHN 2713.

Surveys African American literature from the 17th century, through the Harlem Renaissance and Depression, to the present. Same as ETHN 2722.

Chronological study of African American literature from the Depression writers to the present. Same as ETHN 2732.