English (ENG)

ENG 101, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL, 3 Credits

Explores the craft, culture and racial significance, and emotional impact of contemporary young adult fiction. Examines Young Adult fiction as a category of reading audience that contains multiple genres. Considers such urgent topics as race, immigration, and gender identity while also attending to formal elements such as significant detail, tone, symbolism, and metaphor as portrayed in the young adult experience.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

Available via Ecampus

ENG 104, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: FICTION, 3 Credits

Study of fiction for greater understanding and enjoyment. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER ENG 104Z.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 104H, ENG 104Z

Available via Ecampus

ENG 104Z, *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION, 4 Credits

Invites students to enter imaginative narratives and confront the challenges of being human. Provides opportunities for the appreciation of fiction, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading fiction can lead to self-enrichment. Reads a variety of types of fiction, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develops skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 104, ENG 104H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 106, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: POETRY, 3 Credits

Study of poetry for greater understanding and enjoyment. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER ENG 106Z.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 106H, ENG 106Z

Available via Ecampus

ENG 106Z, *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY, 4 Credits

Invites students to delve into the biggest questions about life and culture alongside the seemingly smallest issues of words and sounds. Provides opportunities for the appreciation of poetry, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading poetry can lead to self-enrichment. Reads a variety of types of poetry and poetic forms, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develops skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 106, ENG 106H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 107, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: CREATIVE NONFICTION, 3 Credits

An introduction to the study of creative nonfiction as a diverse genre, from journalism to memoir and essay.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

Recommended: WR 121Z

ENG 108, *INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, 3 Credits

Focuses on modern and contemporary examples of science fiction and fantasy with some attention paid to the roots of the genres (myths, folklore, and fairy tales). Hypothesizes that both genres reflect the anxieties and aspirations of the eras that produce and consume them. Introduces students to a range of modern classics, including contemporary science fiction and fantasy written by women and people of color.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

Available via Ecampus

ENG 109, *INTRODUCTION TO TRUE CRIME, 3 Credits

Focuses on the American true crime genre, from its origins in the earliest colonial literature to the contemporary popularity of crime stories in various media. Pays particular attention to true crime examples from the last five decades, tracing the genre’s evolution and rise in popularity. Develops a collective understanding of how the true crime genre has evolved, why it has become so popular, and how its constituent texts reflect the cultural assumptions and anxieties of their American eras, especially in terms of their relationship to the genre’s core ideas of violence and truth. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

ENG 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 201, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

The earlier plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 201H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 201H, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

The earlier plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 201

ENG 202, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

The later plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 202H

ENG 202H, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

The later plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 202

ENG 204, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660, 4 Credits

English literature presented in chronological sequence. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 204H

ENG 204H, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660, 4 Credits

English literature presented in chronological sequence. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 204

ENG 205, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA, 4 Credits

English literature presented in chronological sequence.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 205H

ENG 205H, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA, 4 Credits

English literature presented in chronological sequence.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 205

ENG 206, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY, 4 Credits

English literature presented in chronological sequence.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 207, LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: CLASSICAL-RENAISSANCE, 4 Credits

The great plays, poems and fiction of Western civilization. Covers the Classical World: (Greek, Hebrew, Roman) and Western European major authors through the Renaissance.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 210, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: ASIA, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Asia.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Available via Ecampus

ENG 211, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Africa.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Equivalent to: ENG 211H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 211H, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Africa.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Equivalent to: ENG 211

ENG 212, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MESO/SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Meso- and South America and the Caribbean. (H) (NC) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

ENG 213, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of the Middle East.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Equivalent to: ENG 213H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 213H, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of the Middle East.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Equivalent to: ENG 213

ENG 214, *LITERATURE OF THE WORLD: EUROPE, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama written by European authors.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture

ENG 215, +*CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY, 4 Credits

Explores Greek and Roman mythology, its allusions, and continuing influences. Examines excerpts from Classical literature and their adaptations in a variety of modes (statues, film, dance, novels, internet memes) up to the present day. Investigates why we continue to turn to powerful archetypes to express the human experience and when and how they fail in this regard.

Attributes: CFAH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities General; CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Available via Ecampus

ENG 216, *ILLUMINATING HAPPINESS, 3 Credits

Explores subjects essential to human happiness, such as gratitude, kindness, joy, grief, grace, disgrace, emotional and spiritual growth, community, social identity, and global stewardship through the reading of poetry. Explores approaches arising from the reading of poetry, such as Reader Response techniques, imagination studies, and self-awareness inquiries. Develops rewirement models in conjunction with literary analysis and critical writing. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

ENG 217, READING FOR WRITERS, 4 Credits

Introduces students to the varieties of reading necessary to the writer’s life. Surveys the main literary devices common to fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and engages students in the understanding of these devices through analysis and creative practice.

Equivalent to: ENG 217X

ENG 220, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits

A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 220H, FILM 220, FILM 220H

ENG 220H, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits

A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 220, FILM 220, FILM 220H

ENG 221, *AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Reading and critical analysis of African-American literature in historical, political, and/or thematic perspective.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 221H

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Available via Ecampus

ENG 221H, *AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Reading and critical analysis of African-American literature in historical, political, and/or thematic perspective.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 221

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 222, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.

Equivalent to: ENG 222H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 222H, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.

Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: ENG 222

ENG 240, *INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits

An exploration of the key figures, themes, theories, and works of American environmental literature.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

ENG 253, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: COLONIAL TO 1900, 4 Credits

Readings from American literature presented in chronological sequence, important eras and movements with emphasis on major writers.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Available via Ecampus

ENG 254, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT, 4 Credits

Readings from American literature presented in chronological sequence, important eras and movements with emphasis on major writers.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 254H

ENG 254H, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT, 4 Credits

Readings from American literature presented in chronological sequence, important eras and movements with emphasis on major writers.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 254

ENG 260, *LITERATURE OF AMERICAN MINORITIES, 4 Credits

Study of the literature of American minorities: North American Indian, black, Chicano/Chicana, Asian, Middle Eastern, gay and lesbian.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 260H

ENG 265, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits

An interdisciplinary study of film, literary, and philosophical visions of the future. Three hours of lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: FILM 265, FILM 265H

ENG 275, *THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Biblical structure, literary types, ideas, influences.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 275H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 275H, *THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Biblical structure, literary types, ideas, influences.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 275

ENG 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 301, WAYS OF READING, 4 Credits

What’s the difference between reading a book for pleasure and reading it for a class? What kinds of skills are necessary for upper-level work as an English major? What exactly is literary criticism? Pursue these questions by studying a selection of texts paired with works providing historical and critical context. Learn how to think and write like a literary critic by reading carefully, discussing these works in class, and writing analytical essays.

ENG 302, ^WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Explore the conventions of academic writing, with the goal of developing original textual interpretations and situating those interpretations in relation to secondary sources. Develop an understanding of a broader scholarly conversation by writing about issues of difference, including but not limited to categories of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and ability. Practice evaluating scholarly resources, including secondary sources and archival research.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)

Prerequisite: ENG 301 with D- or better

ENG 304, CAREER PREPARATION FOR ENGLISH MAJORS, 2 Credits

Introduces students majoring in English to tasks and processes needed to successfully prepare for a future career. Includes exercises in self-reflection, guidance in exploring professional options and networking, and feedback on job-seeking materials.

Prerequisite: ENG 301 with D- or better

ENG 311, ^STUDIES IN BRITISH PROSE, 4 Credits

An introduction to the prose genre in British literature with intensive practice in reading and writing practices for literary study.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)

ENG 317, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: BEGINNINGS TO CHOPIN, 4 Credits

Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers from the beginnings to Chopin.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 318, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: MODERNIST PERIOD, 4 Credits

Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers Modernist Period from Dreiser to Faulkner.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Available via Ecampus

ENG 319, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: POST-WORLD WAR II, 4 Credits

Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers Post-World War II: Mailer to the present.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 320, *STUDIES IN PAGE, STAGE, AND SCREEN, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of text and performance. Topics change from term to term and may include content from film, drama, digital sources, and other visual media. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 321, *STUDIES IN WORD, OBJECT, AND IMAGE, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of texts to material artifacts and/or static visual objects (e.g., paintings, engravings, printed matter, or photographs). Topics change from term to term. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 322, *STUDIES IN GLOBALISM, TEXT, AND EVENT, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author as informed by patterns of globalization, issues in international relations, and/or landmark moments of cultural exchange. Topics change from term to term.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 330, *THE HOLOCAUST IN LITERATURE AND FILM, 4 Credits

Study of fiction, memoir, and film representing Nazi Holocaust of European Jewry. Reviews history of racial Anti-Semitism and rise of Nazism as context for textual analysis of Holocaust literature. Examines literary and filmic form as productive to social awareness of the roots, events, and aftermath of the Holocaust. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

ENG 340, LITERATURES OF THE COAST, 4 Credits

Introduces the diverse means by which literature and the arts represent coastal and marine life. The working thesis is that modern cultural artifacts and literary theories are reflected in and have the power to transform the societal challenges facing coastal community and ocean health. Explores the significance of such interdisciplinary translations through a variety of generic perspectives including poetry, short story, philosophy, creative nonfiction, and graphic narrative.

ENG 345, INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY, 4 Credits

Focuses on study and analysis of critical frameworks and methodologies for the interpretation of literature and culture.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Prerequisite: ENG 301 (may be taken concurrently) with D- or better

ENG 360, *NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

An introduction to the prose and poetry written by Native Americans of the North American continent.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Available via Ecampus

ENG 362, *AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS, 4 Credits

Study of important literary works of any genre by American women from historical, thematic, or formalist perspectives. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 362H

ENG 375, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.

Equivalent to: ENG 375H

ENG 375H, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.

Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: ENG 375

ENG 386, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART I, 4 Credits

The first course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Conquest to Civil War. CROSSLISTED as ART 386/ENG 386.

Equivalent to: ART 386

ENG 387, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART II, 4 Credits

The second course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Civil War to Harlem Renaissance. CROSSLISTED as ART 387/ENG 387.

Equivalent to: ART 387

ENG 388, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART III, 4 Credits

The third course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Great Depression to Postmodernity. CROSSLISTED as ART 388/ENG 388.

Equivalent to: ART 388

ENG 399, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

(H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 399H

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 399H, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

(H)

Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 399

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 401, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 406, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 406H

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 406H, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits

Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: ENG 406

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 408, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 410, INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

Recommended: 16 credits of literature; 6 credits of writing beyond WR 121Z

ENG 416, POWER AND REPRESENTATION, 4 Credits

Critical analysis of works by colonized peoples, women, and ethnic minorities, with a focus on the issue of representation.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above

ENG 418, THE ENGLISH NOVEL: VICTORIAN PERIOD, 4 Credits

Selected English novels focusing on those from the Victorian period. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 425, STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Particular genres, themes, and writers in medieval literature. Topics change from term to term. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 427, GLOBAL MEDIEVAL, 4 Credits

Investigates how the “medieval period”, spanning the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century CE) and the Fall of Constantinople (1453) and generally cast as European, was a complex millennium of global travel, commerce, and cultural exchange, far more heterogeneous than contemporary television, movies, and medievalising fantasy literature usually depicts. Identifies how the literature, travelogues, and life narratives written in Europe, Africa, and Asia reflect political, religious, philosophical, and artistic interpenetration. Examines how these texts help us redefine the medieval and illuminate modern discourses of the nation-state, debates about race and ethnicity, and the concerns of post- and decoloniality.

Prerequisite: ENG 301 with C- or better

Recommended: 8 credits of 200-level ENG courses

ENG 434, STUDIES IN LITERATURE 1700-1900, 4 Credits

Explores literature and culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1700-1900). Topics vary and address current conversations in eighteenth-century, Romantic, and/ or Victorian studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: ENG 301; critical thinking, evaluation, and writing skills

ENG 435, STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

Shakespeare's works from a variety of critical and scholarly perspectives. Not offered every term. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 438, STUDIES IN LITERATURE AFTER 1900, 4 Credits

Explores literature and culture of the twentieth century and beyond. Topics vary and address current conversations in Modernist (early 20th c.), Postmodernist (late 20th c.) and/ or Contemporary (21st c.) period studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: ENG 301; critical thinking, evaluation, and writing skills

ENG 440, STUDIES IN MODERN IRISH LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Studies in the literature and contexts of the period of Irish writing often referred to as the Irish Renaissance. Authors may include Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Gregory, Synge, Bowen, Moore, Behan, O'Brien, Kavanaugh, Cronin. Sometimes offered as a study of Joyce's works alone. Topics change from term to term. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 445, ^STUDIES IN NONFICTION, 4 Credits

Particular essayists and journalists, movements, problems, conventions, and types of nonfiction writing in English. Topics change from term to term.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

Available via Ecampus

ENG 454, MAJOR AUTHORS, 4 Credits

Advanced study of major and influential authors from various cultures and backgrounds. Subjects change from term to term. Not offered every year. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 460, STUDIES IN DRAMA, 4 Credits

Particular dramatists, movements, conventions, and types of world drama. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 465, STUDIES IN THE NOVEL, 4 Credits

Particular novelists, movements, conventions, and types of the novel throughout its history. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 470, ^STUDIES IN POETRY, 4 Credits

Particular poets, movements, problems, conventions, and types of poetry in English or English translation. Topics change from term to term.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 480, STUDIES IN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits

Study of literature in its relationship to society and culture; study of literary culture. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: FILM 480

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 482, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 4 Credits

Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and film from the mid-19th century to the present, examining relationships between rural and urban, and investigating the development of important patterns in how the physical environment is perceived, represented, interpreted, and used in the United States.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 485, ^STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Special topics in American literary history. Organized around movements, regions, themes, or major authors. Topics change from term to term.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 488, LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY, 4 Credits

Practices, approaches, histories, and theories of teaching literature appropriate for secondary through college settings. Considers text selection, assignments, and evaluation. (H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 489, WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE, 4 Credits

Considers medical themes in literature, social meanings of illness, and writing strategies appropriate to the healing arts.

ENG 490, HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 4 Credits

A study of the origins, changes, and reasons for changes in the grammar, sounds, and vocabulary of English from its earliest stages through its modern forms.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above

ENG 497, *INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S VOICES, 4 Credits

A study of women and literature in an international context, focusing on the cultural differences among women and the effects of gender on language and literature.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above

ENG 499, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

(H)

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 999 credits.

ENG 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits

CROSSLISTED as AMS 507/ENG 507.

Equivalent to: AMS 507

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 510, GRADUATE INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH, 1-2 Credits

Provides graduate students with supervised, on-the-job work experience and professional development. Graded P/N.

This course is repeatable for 12 credits.

ENG 512, STUDIES IN BRITISH THEATER AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits

Study of major dramatists and the audiences they addressed, of socio-economic conditions and their interrelations with theatrical institutions. Readings may include dramatic and non-dramatic literature. Historical period and content may vary.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 514, INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE STUDIES, 4 Credits

Introduction to the MA program; theories and methods of English studies. Offered fall term only. Required for first-year MA students.

ENG 516, POWER AND REPRESENTATION, 4 Credits

Critical analysis of works by colonized peoples, women, and ethnic minorities, with a focus on the issue of representation. Not offered every year.

ENG 521X, STUDIES IN WORD, OBJECT, AND IMAGE, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of texts to material artifacts and/or static visual objects (e.g., paintings, engravings, printed matter, or photographs).

ENG 525, STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Particular genres, themes, and writers in medieval literature. Topics change from term to term.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 527, GLOBAL MEDIEVAL, 4 Credits

Investigates how the “medieval period”, spanning the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century CE) and the Fall of Constantinople (1453) and generally cast as European, was a complex millennium of global travel, commerce, and cultural exchange, far more heterogeneous than contemporary television, movies, and medievalising fantasy literature usually depicts. Identifies how the literature, travelogues, and life narratives written in Europe, Africa, and Asia reflect political, religious, philosophical, and artistic interpenetration. Examines how these texts help us redefine the medieval and illuminate modern discourses of the nation-state, debates about race and ethnicity, and the concerns of post- and decoloniality.

ENG 534, STUDIES IN LITERATURE 1700-1900, 4 Credits

Explores literature and culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1700-1900). Topics vary and address current conversations in eighteenth-century, Romantic, and/ or Victorian studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 535, STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

Shakespeare's works from a variety of critical and scholarly perspectives. Not offered every term.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: At least one quarter of Shakespeare

ENG 538, STUDIES IN LITERATURE AFTER 1900, 4 Credits

Explores literature and culture of the twentieth century and beyond. Topics vary and address current conversations in Modernist (early 20th c.), Postmodernist (late 20th c.) and/ or Contemporary (21st c.) period studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 540, STUDIES IN MODERN IRISH LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Studies in the literature and context of the period of Irish writing often referred to as the Irish Renaissance. Authors may include Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Gregory, Synge, Bowen, Moore, Behan, O'Brien, Kavanaugh, Cronin. Sometimes offered as a study of Joyce's works alone. Topics change from term to term.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 545, STUDIES IN NONFICTION, 4 Credits

Particular essayists and journalists, movements, problems, conventions, and types of nonfiction writing in English. Topics change from term to term.

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 554, MAJOR AUTHORS, 4 Credits

Advanced study of major and influential authors from various cultures and backgrounds. Subjects change from term to term. Not offered every year.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 560, STUDIES IN DRAMA, 4 Credits

Particular dramatists, movements, conventions, and types of world drama. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 565, STUDIES IN THE NOVEL, 4 Credits

Particular novelists, movements, conventions, and types of the novel throughout its history. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 570, STUDIES IN POETRY, 4 Credits

Particular poets, movements, problems, conventions, and types of poetry in English or English translation. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 575, STUDIES IN CRITICISM, 4 Credits

Particular critics, critical movements, issues, and histories of criticism. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every year.

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 580, STUDIES IN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits

Study of literature in its relationship to society and culture; study of literary culture. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

Equivalent to: FILM 580

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

ENG 582, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 4 Credits

Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and film from the mid-19th century to the present, examining relationships between rural and urban, and investigating the development of important patterns in how the physical environment is perceived, represented, interpreted, and used in the United States.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 585, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Special topics in American literary history. Organized around movements, regions, themes, or major authors. Topics change from term to term.

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 588, LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY, 4 Credits

Practices, approaches, histories, and theories of teaching literature appropriate for secondary through college settings. Considers text selection, assignments, and evaluation.

ENG 589, WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE, 4 Credits

Considers medical themes in literature, social meanings of illness, and writing strategies appropriate to the healing arts.

ENG 590, HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 4 Credits

A study of the origins, changes, and reasons for changes in the grammar, sounds, and vocabulary of English from its earliest stages through its modern forms.