English (ENG)

Professors Bender, Palmer and Selmon; Associate Professors Aspinall, Chen and Vivian; Assistant Professors Cordell and von Wallmenich; Visiting Assistant Professor White; Visiting Instructor Karbowiak; Instructors D. Brines and Dora-Laskey.

English Department courses challenge students to engage with the traditions and methods of literary study to become powerful critical and creative thinkers. Students balance thinking broadly with reading closely, building knowledge in world literatures and cultures to appreciate and understand their own.

The English Department's course offerings include introductory and advanced level courses in composition, creative writing and journalism; introductory surveys and advanced studies in literature and critical theory; and a senior seminar. The Department regularly offers opportunities for independent, off-campus and overseas study.

English graduates are prepared for professional opportunities in library and information science, media, the law, public relations, public and private education, and for jobs with non-profit foundations and research organizations. Our students often pursue graduate studies in literature, composition, creative writing, library science, law and human resources.

Major Requirements

Thirty-six credits which must include:

ENG 120, 190, and 220.
ENG 250 or 251; and 260 or 261.
Eight additional credits of upper-level literature at the 300 level.
ENG 320 and 420.
Required cognate: four credits of foreign language at or above the 112 level to help students appreciate sounds, structure and beauty of a language different from their own.
Students who have at least a 3.5 GPA in the major at the end of their junior year should consider pursuing honors in the major. Departmental honors candidates must complete a thesis and present their work in a venue approved by the Department.

Minor Requirements

Twenty-four credits which must include:

ENG 120.
ENG 250 or 251; and 260 or 261.
ENG 190, 201, 220, 225, 270, or 320.
Two additional upper-level literature courses at the 300 level.

Writing Minor Requirements

Twenty-four credits which must include:

ENG 190, 202, and 220.
Twelve additional credits chosen from ENG 201, 210, 270, 290, 291, 292, 293, 301, 370, 390, or 391.

Program Considerations

Prospective majors should plan to take English 120 in the first year, English 220 in the sophomore year, English 320 in the junior year, and English 420 in the senior year. Note: One foreign language course at or above the 112 level is required for the English major.

ENG 100, 101 and 110 do not count toward the English major or minor.

Students considering graduate school are urged to complete more than the required number of 300-level literature classes and ENG 500 Senior Thesis. Students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in literature are strongly recommended to take additional modern language courses.

English majors may also elect a writing minor. Up to eight credits may count toward both the major and minor requirements

ENG 100.	College Rhetoric I
	4 credits

Development of writing as a process of thinking and communication that involves stages of generating, drafting and revising. Emphasis on writing in several forms for a variety of purposes and audiences. Review of basic paragraph, sentence and spelling skills. Regular conferences to discuss writing.
ENG 101.	College Rhetoric II
	4 credits
	ENG 100 or Placement
Developing critical thinking and reading skills with emphasis on analytical, persuasive and research writing. Development of style and voice. Evaluation of writing from various disciplines and contemporary issues.
ENG 110.	Studies in Literature
	4 credits

Thematic approach to understanding, analyzing and appreciating literature. Courses may focus on particular genres, like poetry or the short story, or focus on themes like gothic writers, environmental literature, or the Holocaust. This course is designed to be introductory and is open to students with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences with literary studies. Course does not count toward the English major.
ENG 120.	Literary Analysis
	4 credits

Preparation for advanced study of literature and language, including vocabulary, critical approaches, and writing strategies employed in literary analysis. This course is required for a major or minor in English, but open to all students with a solid foundation in reading and writing.
ENG 180-*380.	Studies in Literature and Language
	1-4 credits

The study of various topics such as Holocaust literature, the dramas of AIDS, contemporary Scottish literature and travel literature. Students may register for more than one course under this number. Prerequisite for 380: two courses in literature.
ENG 181-*381.	Diversity Studies in Literature
	4 credits

Studies of literature beyond the American and British canon: Asian American literature, Black women writers, Eastern European and non-Western world literature, and postcolonial writers. Students may register for more than one course under this number. Prerequisite for 381: two courses in literature. (ENG 381 is a Quill course.)
ENG 182-*382.	Off-Campus Studies in the American Experience: Literary and Cultural Voices
	4 credits

Special emphasis on travel to develop historical and cultural awareness as it adds to the richness of the American literary experience such as writers of the Southwest in Taos, New Mexico, New England writers in Martha's Vineyard and Key West writers in Florida. Genres, periods and authors vary. Prerequisite for 382: two courses in literature.
ENG 183-*383.	Off-Campus Studies in British Literature and Culture
	4 credits

Special emphasis on travel to develop historical and cultural awareness as it adds to the richness of the British literary experience such as Shakespeare and Company in London and Medieval Literature in England. Genres, periods and authors vary. Prerequisite for 383: two courses in literature.
ENG 190.	Introduction to Creative Writing
	4 credits

Writing in different genres, including poetry, short fiction, drama and creative nonfiction. Critiquing of student and professional writing.
ENG *201.	Advanced Rhetoric
	4 credits
	ENG 101 or Proficiency
Exploring the principles of invention, arrangement and style beyond the level of English 101. Emphasis on connections between what writers say and how they say it. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.
ENG *202.	Digital Rhetoric
	4 credits
	ENG 101 or equivalent and a 200-level writing course
Exploration of the rhetorical conventions and contexts of writing in digital contexts, as well as the intersections between textual and visual choices. Students explore writing in a variety of digital contexts and will read and discuss scholarly methods for thinking critically about the place of writing in new media.
ENG 210.	Teaching Writing
	4 credits

Development of written fluency and critical evaluation skills; introduction to central theories of reading and writing instruction. Designed for future teachers in any discipline, writing center advisors, or those going into any field that requires evaluation of writing such as editing and publishing.
ENG *220.	Reading, Writing, Research
	4 credits
	ENG 120
Writing workshop for those pursuing a major or minor in English studies. This course focuses on exploring the different creative and critical modes of writing used in the major and beyond. Students are also introduced to advanced research methods and advanced issues in researched writing.
ENG *225.	General Linguistics
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 201, or 202; Sophomore Standing
Understanding the function and structure of language through analysis of its subdivisions: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, language usage, dialect and historical development.
ENG 230.	Shakespeare on Film
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202
Study of Shakespeare's plays from the perspective of text and film. Emphasis on understanding selected plays, comparing different interpretations, and comprehending different cinematic styles.
ENG *240.	Survey of Continental European Literature I
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202
Study of representative literary works produced in continental Europe from classical Greece through the Renaissance.
ENG *241.	Survey of Continental European Literature II
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202
Study of representative literary works produced in continental Europe from the 17th century to the present.
ENG *250.	Survey of British Literature I
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202
Exploring British literature from its beginning to the end of the 18th century, from Medieval period through the Neo-Classical period.
ENG *251.	Survey of British Literature II
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202
Exploring British literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, from the Romantic era to the present.
ENG *260.	Survey of American Literature I
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202
Analyzing American literature from its beginnings to the Civil War, including the Puritan and Romantic periods.
ENG *261.	Survey of American Literature II
	4 credits
	ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202
Examining American literature from the Civil War and the Realistic movement to the present.
ENG *270.	Journalistic Writing
	4 credits
	ENG 101 or Proficiency
Techniques of gathering and presenting information for the print media. Extended practice in reporting and news writing; writing complex news stories and in-depth reports, feature and editorial writing.
ENG *290.	Poetry Workshop I
	4 credits
	ENG 190 and Permission
Exploring the craft of writing poems and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.
ENG *291.	Fiction Workshop I
	4 credits
	ENG 190 and Permission
Exploring the craft of writing short fiction and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.
ENG *292.	Playwriting Workshop
	4 credits
	Permission
Exploring the craft of writing short plays and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing. (Also listed as THD 292.)
ENG *293.	Creative Nonfiction Workshop
	4 credits
	ENG 190 and Permission
Exploring the craft of writing creative nonfiction and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.
ENG *299.	Independent Study
	2-4 credits
	Permission

ENG *301.	Professional Rhetoric
	4 credits
	ENG 101 or equivalent and a 200-level writing course
Advanced study of style and rhetoric in a variety of professional writing contexts, including creative, educational, and corporate environments.
ENG *320.	Critical Theory
	4 credits
	ENG 220 and one upper-level literature course
Surveys modern literary and critical discourse with emphasis on understanding and applying different theoretical approaches to literature.
Prerequisites for advanced studies in literature (ENG 340 through 368) are ENG 240, 241, 250, 251, 260 or 261.
ENG *340.	Women's Literature
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Studies in the literature of women from its beginnings in Julian of Norwich through Bradstreet and Woolf to the present. Includes historically and internationally diverse authors in a variety of genres.
ENG *351.	Chaucer
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Study of Chaucer's major works, including the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, and/or selected works of Chaucer's contemporaries.
ENG *353.	The English Renaissance
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Selected study of English Renaissance texts ranging from More's Utopia to Milton's Paradise Lost. Includes works by authors such as Marlowe, Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Jonson and Marvell.
ENG *354.	Shakespeare
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Study of Shakespeare's plays offering a representative survey of the major histories, comedies and tragedies.
ENG *355.	British Romantics and Victorians
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Study of the major 19th-century British writers from Blake to Hopkins. Includes such authors as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats and the Brownings, and such essayists as Wollstonecraft, Hazlitt, Carlyle and Pater.
ENG *356.	Modern British and Irish Literature
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Study of major British and Irish authors since 1900, including Yeats, Joyce, Eliot, Woolf and Beckett.
ENG *360.	Transatlantic Eighteenth Century
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Study of the literature of "the long Eighteenth Century" from a transatlantic perspective. This course examines the emergence of the novel, as well as the impact of the slave trade and of the Enlightenment on the literature of Britain, the Americas and the Caribbean. Authors include Equiano, Wheatley, Behn, Swift, Defoe, Burney, Godwin, Brown and Foster.
ENG *361.	Major American Writers to 1865
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Examines in depth selected writers from the Revolution to the Civil War, with a special focus on the struggle to define an "American" literature. Includes such authors as Brown, Irving, Poe, Douglass, Jacobs, Dickinson, Melville, Hawthorne, Whitman and Stowe.
ENG *364.	Studies in Drama
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Studies of issues and developments in English language drama from the Restoration to the present. Individual sections might be organized by themes, by period (i.e., Restoration or 20th-century drama), or by focusing on multiple works by playwrights such as Dryden, Behn, Farquhar, Shaw, O'Neill, Williams, Albee, Churchill, or Fugard.
ENG *365.	Studies in the Novel
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Studies of issues and developments in the English-language novel. Individual sections might be organized by themes, by periods (Victorian or modern novels), or by focusing on multiple works by authors as diverse as Defoe and DeLillo, Richardson and Rushdie, or Melville and Morrison.
ENG *366.	Modern American Literature
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Studies in American literature from post WWII to the present. Includes authors such as Stein, Hemingway, Cather, Hurston, W.C. Williams, Faulkner, Cummings, Wright, Steinbeck, Plath, Morrison and Walker.
ENG *367.	African American Literature
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Study of African American literature as a distinct tradition beginning with the experience of enslavement and influenced by African and African American oral cultural heritage. Examines the emergence of a Black Aesthetic across many genres, including poetry, fiction, autobiography, sermons, speeches and criticism.
ENG *368.	American Indian Literatures
	4 credits
	Two courses in literature
Study of the rich and varied literary tradition's roots in oral culture and its modern and contemporary expressions. Explores authors of diverse tribal affiliations and genres who address significant themes such as mixed-blood identity, reservation and urban life, the impact of near genocide, cultural preservation and resistance, and survival humor, among other topics.
ENG *370.	Journalistic Studies and Projects
	4 credits
	ENG 270 or Permission
Variable topics: magazine article writing and marketing, extended literary journalism, history of journalism, print promotion and group publicity.
ENG 385-386.	Practicum
	2-6 credits
	Permission
Application of concepts in language and writing through participation in journalistic, public relations and other work settings. Supervision by faculty and sponsoring organization. Includes interpretive journal and summarizing paper.
ENG *390.	Poetry Workshop II
	4 credits
	ENG 190, 290 and Permission
Advanced workshop in the art and craft of writing poems. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing. Creating a chapbook of poems and giving a public reading.
ENG *391.	Fiction Workshop II
	4 credits
	ENG 190, 291 and Permission
Advanced workshop in the art and craft of writing fiction. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing. Creating a chapbook of fiction and giving a public reading.
ENG *399.	Independent Study
	2-4 credits
	24 credits completed in the Department with "B" average and Permission

ENG *420.	Senior Seminar
	4 credits
	ENG 320, three upper level literature courses, and Senior Standing
A sustained investigation in the study of language and literature that draws upon the expertise developed in previous English courses. Topics will vary each term. Students will complete a seminar project and submit a portfolio of their writing in the major.
ENG *490.	Independent Study in Creative Writing
	4 credits
	ENG 390 or 391, and Permission

ENG *499.	Independent Study
	2-4 credits
	30 credits completed in the Department with "B" average and Permission

ENG *500.	Senior Thesis
	1-4 credits
	Permission

ENG 100.

College Rhetoric I

4 credits

Development of writing as a process of thinking and communication that involves stages of generating, drafting and revising. Emphasis on writing in several forms for a variety of purposes and audiences. Review of basic paragraph, sentence and spelling skills. Regular conferences to discuss writing.

ENG 101.

College Rhetoric II

4 credits

ENG 100 or Placement

Developing critical thinking and reading skills with emphasis on analytical, persuasive and research writing. Development of style and voice. Evaluation of writing from various disciplines and contemporary issues.

ENG 110.

Studies in Literature

4 credits

Thematic approach to understanding, analyzing and appreciating literature. Courses may focus on particular genres, like poetry or the short story, or focus on themes like gothic writers, environmental literature, or the Holocaust. This course is designed to be introductory and is open to students with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences with literary studies. Course does not count toward the English major.

ENG 120.

Literary Analysis

4 credits

Preparation for advanced study of literature and language, including vocabulary, critical approaches, and writing strategies employed in literary analysis. This course is required for a major or minor in English, but open to all students with a solid foundation in reading and writing.

ENG 180-*380.

Studies in Literature and Language

1-4 credits

The study of various topics such as Holocaust literature, the dramas of AIDS, contemporary Scottish literature and travel literature. Students may register for more than one course under this number. Prerequisite for 380: two courses in literature.

ENG 181-*381.

Diversity Studies in Literature

4 credits

Studies of literature beyond the American and British canon: Asian American literature, Black women writers, Eastern European and non-Western world literature, and postcolonial writers. Students may register for more than one course under this number. Prerequisite for 381: two courses in literature. (ENG 381 is a Quill course.)

ENG 182-*382.

Off-Campus Studies in the American Experience: Literary and Cultural Voices

4 credits

Special emphasis on travel to develop historical and cultural awareness as it adds to the richness of the American literary experience such as writers of the Southwest in Taos, New Mexico, New England writers in Martha's Vineyard and Key West writers in Florida. Genres, periods and authors vary. Prerequisite for 382: two courses in literature.

ENG 183-*383.

Off-Campus Studies in British Literature and Culture

4 credits

Special emphasis on travel to develop historical and cultural awareness as it adds to the richness of the British literary experience such as Shakespeare and Company in London and Medieval Literature in England. Genres, periods and authors vary. Prerequisite for 383: two courses in literature.

ENG 190.

Introduction to Creative Writing

4 credits

Writing in different genres, including poetry, short fiction, drama and creative nonfiction. Critiquing of student and professional writing.

ENG *201.

Advanced Rhetoric

4 credits

ENG 101 or Proficiency

Exploring the principles of invention, arrangement and style beyond the level of English 101. Emphasis on connections between what writers say and how they say it. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.

ENG *202.

Digital Rhetoric

4 credits

ENG 101 or equivalent and a 200-level writing course

Exploration of the rhetorical conventions and contexts of writing in digital contexts, as well as the intersections between textual and visual choices. Students explore writing in a variety of digital contexts and will read and discuss scholarly methods for thinking critically about the place of writing in new media.

ENG 210.

Teaching Writing

4 credits

Development of written fluency and critical evaluation skills; introduction to central theories of reading and writing instruction. Designed for future teachers in any discipline, writing center advisors, or those going into any field that requires evaluation of writing such as editing and publishing.

ENG *220.

Reading, Writing, Research

4 credits

ENG 120

Writing workshop for those pursuing a major or minor in English studies. This course focuses on exploring the different creative and critical modes of writing used in the major and beyond. Students are also introduced to advanced research methods and advanced issues in researched writing.

ENG *225.

General Linguistics

4 credits

ENG 101, 201, or 202; Sophomore Standing

Understanding the function and structure of language through analysis of its subdivisions: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, language usage, dialect and historical development.

ENG 230.

Shakespeare on Film

4 credits

ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202

Study of Shakespeare's plays from the perspective of text and film. Emphasis on understanding selected plays, comparing different interpretations, and comprehending different cinematic styles.

ENG *240.

Survey of Continental European Literature I

4 credits

ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202

Study of representative literary works produced in continental Europe from classical Greece through the Renaissance.

ENG *241.

Survey of Continental European Literature II

4 credits

ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202

Study of representative literary works produced in continental Europe from the 17th century to the present.

ENG *250.

Survey of British Literature I

4 credits

ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202

Exploring British literature from its beginning to the end of the 18th century, from Medieval period through the Neo-Classical period.

ENG *251.

Survey of British Literature II

4 credits

ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202

Exploring British literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, from the Romantic era to the present.

ENG *260.

Survey of American Literature I

4 credits

ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202

Analyzing American literature from its beginnings to the Civil War, including the Puritan and Romantic periods.

ENG *261.

Survey of American Literature II

4 credits

ENG 101, 120, 201 or 202

Examining American literature from the Civil War and the Realistic movement to the present.

ENG *270.

Journalistic Writing

4 credits

ENG 101 or Proficiency

Techniques of gathering and presenting information for the print media. Extended practice in reporting and news writing; writing complex news stories and in-depth reports, feature and editorial writing.

ENG *290.

Poetry Workshop I

4 credits

ENG 190 and Permission

Exploring the craft of writing poems and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.

ENG *291.

Fiction Workshop I

4 credits

ENG 190 and Permission

Exploring the craft of writing short fiction and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.

ENG *292.

Playwriting Workshop

4 credits

Permission

Exploring the craft of writing short plays and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing. (Also listed as THD 292.)

ENG *293.

Creative Nonfiction Workshop

4 credits

ENG 190 and Permission

Exploring the craft of writing creative nonfiction and practicing the habit of art. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing.

ENG *299.

Independent Study

2-4 credits

Permission

ENG *301.

Professional Rhetoric

4 credits

ENG 101 or equivalent and a 200-level writing course

Advanced study of style and rhetoric in a variety of professional writing contexts, including creative, educational, and corporate environments.

ENG *320.

Critical Theory

4 credits

ENG 220 and one upper-level literature course

Surveys modern literary and critical discourse with emphasis on understanding and applying different theoretical approaches to literature.

Prerequisites for advanced studies in literature (ENG 340 through 368) are ENG 240, 241, 250, 251, 260 or 261.

ENG *340.

Women's Literature

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Studies in the literature of women from its beginnings in Julian of Norwich through Bradstreet and Woolf to the present. Includes historically and internationally diverse authors in a variety of genres.

ENG *351.

Chaucer

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Study of Chaucer's major works, including the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, and/or selected works of Chaucer's contemporaries.

ENG *353.

The English Renaissance

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Selected study of English Renaissance texts ranging from More's Utopia to Milton's Paradise Lost. Includes works by authors such as Marlowe, Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Jonson and Marvell.

ENG *354.

Shakespeare

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Study of Shakespeare's plays offering a representative survey of the major histories, comedies and tragedies.

ENG *355.

British Romantics and Victorians

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Study of the major 19th-century British writers from Blake to Hopkins. Includes such authors as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats and the Brownings, and such essayists as Wollstonecraft, Hazlitt, Carlyle and Pater.

ENG *356.

Modern British and Irish Literature

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Study of major British and Irish authors since 1900, including Yeats, Joyce, Eliot, Woolf and Beckett.

ENG *360.

Transatlantic Eighteenth Century

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Study of the literature of "the long Eighteenth Century" from a transatlantic perspective. This course examines the emergence of the novel, as well as the impact of the slave trade and of the Enlightenment on the literature of Britain, the Americas and the Caribbean. Authors include Equiano, Wheatley, Behn, Swift, Defoe, Burney, Godwin, Brown and Foster.

ENG *361.

Major American Writers to 1865

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Examines in depth selected writers from the Revolution to the Civil War, with a special focus on the struggle to define an "American" literature. Includes such authors as Brown, Irving, Poe, Douglass, Jacobs, Dickinson, Melville, Hawthorne, Whitman and Stowe.

ENG *364.

Studies in Drama

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Studies of issues and developments in English language drama from the Restoration to the present. Individual sections might be organized by themes, by period (i.e., Restoration or 20th-century drama), or by focusing on multiple works by playwrights such as Dryden, Behn, Farquhar, Shaw, O'Neill, Williams, Albee, Churchill, or Fugard.

ENG *365.

Studies in the Novel

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Studies of issues and developments in the English-language novel. Individual sections might be organized by themes, by periods (Victorian or modern novels), or by focusing on multiple works by authors as diverse as Defoe and DeLillo, Richardson and Rushdie, or Melville and Morrison.

ENG *366.

Modern American Literature

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Studies in American literature from post WWII to the present. Includes authors such as Stein, Hemingway, Cather, Hurston, W.C. Williams, Faulkner, Cummings, Wright, Steinbeck, Plath, Morrison and Walker.

ENG *367.

African American Literature

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Study of African American literature as a distinct tradition beginning with the experience of enslavement and influenced by African and African American oral cultural heritage. Examines the emergence of a Black Aesthetic across many genres, including poetry, fiction, autobiography, sermons, speeches and criticism.

ENG *368.

American Indian Literatures

4 credits

Two courses in literature

Study of the rich and varied literary tradition's roots in oral culture and its modern and contemporary expressions. Explores authors of diverse tribal affiliations and genres who address significant themes such as mixed-blood identity, reservation and urban life, the impact of near genocide, cultural preservation and resistance, and survival humor, among other topics.

ENG *370.

Journalistic Studies and Projects

4 credits

ENG 270 or Permission

Variable topics: magazine article writing and marketing, extended literary journalism, history of journalism, print promotion and group publicity.

ENG *385-*386.

Practicum

2-6 credits

Permission

Application of concepts in language and writing through participation in journalistic, public relations and other work settings. Supervision by faculty and sponsoring organization. Includes interpretive journal and summarizing paper.

ENG *390.

Poetry Workshop II

4 credits

ENG 190, 290 and Permission

Advanced workshop in the art and craft of writing poems. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing. Creating a chapbook of poems and giving a public reading.

ENG *391.

Fiction Workshop II

4 credits

ENG 190, 291 and Permission

Advanced workshop in the art and craft of writing fiction. In-depth critiquing of student and professional writing. Creating a chapbook of fiction and giving a public reading.

ENG *399.

Independent Study

2-4 credits

24 credits completed in the Department with "B" average and Permission

ENG *420.

Senior Seminar

4 credits

ENG 320, three upper level literature courses, and Senior Standing

A sustained investigation in the study of language and literature that draws upon the expertise developed in previous English courses. Topics will vary each term. Students will complete a seminar project and submit a portfolio of their writing in the major.

ENG *490.

Independent Study in Creative Writing

4 credits

ENG 390 or 391, and Permission

ENG *499.

Independent Study

2-4 credits

30 credits completed in the Department with "B" average and Permission

ENG *500.

Senior Thesis

1-4 credits

Permission

English (ENG)

Professors Bender, Palmer and Selmon; Associate Professors Aspinall, Chen and Vivian; Assistant Professors Cordell and von Wallmenich; Visiting Assistant Professor White; Visiting Instructor Karbowiak; Instructors D. Brines and Dora-Laskey.

Major Requirements

Minor Requirements

Writing Minor Requirements

Program Considerations

Four credits from ENG 110 or higher, with the exception of practicum or independent study courses, count towards the Distributive Requirements in the Humanities.

Prerequisites for advanced studies in literature (ENG 340 through 368) are ENG 240, 241, 250, 251, 260 or 261.