ENGL 110G. Composition and Argument
A writing and reading course designed to help students analyze and evaluate what they read, recognize and use a variety of rhetorical modes and argumentative strategies, improve their critical thinking skills, and arrange their thoughts into well-organized, concise, thesis-focused essays. (Four credits.)

ENGL 126. Print Media: Workshops
An introduction to the print media, covering the basic elements of journalism. Students will participate as staff reporters on the Courier, the college’s student newspaper. Open to all students. May be repeated for credit. (Also CATA 125.) CR/NC. (One credit.)

ENGL 180G. Introduction to Literature: Special Topics
A general literature course for non-majors, ENGL 180 seeks to encourage life-long reading through appreciation of literary language and form. The course will emphasize examination and comparison of literary genres, structure and form in fiction and poetry, and New Critical analysis (point of view, plot, setting, characterization, diction, imagery, metaphor and symbol, theme, etc.). In addition, the course will place a particular topic or sub-genre in the context of pertinent historical and cultural settings, while examining categorical assumptions about “popular” and “serious” literary treatments. Suggested titles include: “Mystery, Magic and Monsters: Sensation Literature in the Nineteenth Century,” “Love in the Western World,” “Futurist Fictions,” “Paddle My Own Canoe: 19th-Century American Spinster Writers,” “Masterpieces of World Literature,” etc. Satisfies Beauty and Meaning in Works of Art (Appreciation) component. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. May be repeated wth consent of instructor only.

ENGL 200. Introduction to English Studies
A gateway to the English major, this course is designed to introduce majors to the broad range of scholarship and practice within the discipline of English. Included will be emphasis upon close reading and research skills, as well as overviews of the history of the discipline, creative writing, literary criticism and theory, and vocational paths. Prerequisite: ENGL 110.

ENGL 201. Grammar
A course that gives students practice in fundamental English grammar. Emphasizes basic skills, not theory. (Three credits.)

ENGL 210G. Creative Writing
Practice in the writing and critical analysis of imaginative literary forms, especially poetry and fiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 220. British Survey I
A historical survey emphasizing literary and cultural developments in English literature from the Medieval through the Neoclassical periods. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 221. British Survey II
A historical survey emphasizing literary and cultural developments in English literature from the Romantic through the Modern periods. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 224. American Survey I
One of two introductory surveys in American literature emphasizing literary movements, and cultural and historical developments in the literature of the United States. Readings will include: native American creation myths; explorer narratives; poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from such writers as Bradstreet, Cotton Mather, Edwards, Franklin, Cooper, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 225. American Survey II
An introductory survey focusing on poetry and fiction written after the Civil War and before American involvement in the Second World War. Included are works from such writers as Jewett, Wharton, Twain, James, Kate Chopin, Crane, Pound, Robinson, Frost, Anderson, Stevens, Eliot, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Emphasis on literary, cultural, and historical movements. The course is a continuation of English 224, but may be taken alone and without regard to sequence. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 226. Print Media: Advanced Workshops
A continuation of ENGL 126 with advanced journalism work and individual study with the instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 126 or consent of the instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Also CATA 225.) (Two credits.)

ENGL 240G. Russian Literature of the 19th Century
An introductory survey of 19th-century Russian literature in translation. Emphasis is on outstanding works of the period in their cultural and historical contexts. Includes works by such writers as Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 250. Special Topics
May be repeated for credit. (Three credits.)

ENGL 260. The Literature of Feminism
A study of the evolution of feminist thought and its collective definition as it has been imaginatively translated from experience into art by several generations of literary women. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 274. Reading, Writing and Teaching Multicultural Children’s Literature
This three week off campus course at the University of Reading, England exposes students to fine, multicultural children’s literature. The course teaches critical approaches to reading, teaching, researching and writing children’s literature at the Reading and Language Information Centre. The Centre, RALIC, houses the largest national collection of in-print books for children and stresses a commitment to racial and gender equality. Students also visit British schools and publishers. (Also EDUC 274.) (Three credits.)

ENGL 299. Writing Fellows
An introduction to the tutoring process, as well as basic pedagogical and developmental strategies for teaching writing. Course requirements will include readings in composition/tutoring theory and practice as well as tutoring in the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Enrollment through nomination and recommendation only. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Two credits.) 

ENGL 301. Advanced Composition
A study of rhetorical strategies and their application to assignments in journalism, scientific writing, and essay writing. Open to Juniors and Seniors or by consent of the instructor. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 310. Advanced Creative Writing
Students write intensively in fiction or poetry, individually selecting their subject matter throughout the course. Students sharpen their critical skills by evaluating one another’s work and by investigating contemporary writing and publishing. Prerequisite: ENGL 210 or consent of the instructor. (Three credits.)

ENGL 314. History of the English Language
A study of the development of the English language with some attention to its internal history—sounds and inflection—as well as to its external history—political, social, and intellectual movements and forces that have affected the development of the language. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. (Three credits.)

ENGL 343. 20th-Century British Literature
Studies in various British authors of the 20th century. Recent course offerings have included “Yeats and Eliot,” “20th Century Literary Movements,” and “Modernism.” May be repeated for credit with different topics. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Recommended: ENGL 221. (Three credits.)

ENGL 347. Genre Studies in American Literature
An upper-division course in American poetry, fiction, or drama. Emphasis is on study of characteristics shared by a distinct type and on examination of individual illustrations of type. Recent course offerings have included “Modern American Poetry,” “The Contemporary American Novel,” “Modern American Drama,” and “African American Autobiography and Fiction”; henceforth, “Introduction to Literary Theory” will be offered periodically. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Recommended: American literature survey (224 or 225) pertinent to the course topic and title. (Three credits.)

ENGL 348. English Novel
An upper-division course that will focus on some aspect of the history of the English novel (18th, 19th, 20th century), some type of novel (e.g., the comic novel), some group of writers (e.g., women writers, Murdoch and Powell), or a single author (e.g., Dickens). Recent course offerings have included: “The Comic Novel,” “Modern British Novel,” “19th Century Women Novelists,” and “The Victorian Novel.” May be repeated for credit with different topics. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Recommended: ENGL 221. (Three credits.)

ENGL 349. Topics in American Literature
An upper-division course concentrating on a particular period, movement, or author in American literature. Recent course offerings have included: “Hawthorne and Melville,” “The Gilded Age,” and “American Literature between the World Wars.” May be repeated for credit with different topics. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Recommended: American literature survey (224 or 225) pertinent to the course topic and title. (Three credits.)

ENGL 350. Special Topics in Literature and Related Areas
A course permitting the investigation of narrowly defined literary issues, types, modes, and extra literary influences. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Recommended: English or American literature survey (220, 221, 224, 225) pertinent to the course topic and title. Recent offerings have included: “Chaucer,” “Romantic Poetry,” and “18th-Century Literature and the Arts.” May be repeated for credit. (Three credits.)ENGL 361. Shakespeare I: Comedies and History Plays. Studies in the comedies and the history plays. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Recommended: ENGL 220. (Three credits.)

ENGL 362. Shakespeare II: Tragedies and Romances
Studies in the tragedies and romances. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Recommended: ENGL 220. (Three credits.)

ENGL 400. Senior Seminar
An intensive study of key literary periods and subjects. Recent seminars have focused upon: “Literature of the American South,” “New England Women Writers of the Late 19th Century,” “Revolutionary Books,” “The American Expatriate Experience in Literature” and “Arthurian Literature.” Required of all senior English majors. Offered second semester. (Three credits.)ENGL 420. Independent Study. Students arrange independent study projects with individual instructors. May be repeated for credit. (Three credits.)

ENGL 490. Directed Study in English
An experience designed to allow the student to use writing, editorial and professional skills developed during the major by working on departmental publications or external internships. The course will help prepare the student for employment in various English-related fields. Prerequisite: prior approval of the department. May be repeated for credit. (One to three credits.)

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