English

Introduces research techniques and instruction in the principles of documentation and scholarship as well as continues a concern with rhetoric, style, clear thinking, reading comprehension, and successful communication. Orients the student to computer literacy and the use of the library. All students must be enrolled in ENG111or ENG112 until they have successfully completed the freshman writing sequence. For a student to drop ENG112, the drop slip must be signed by either the Chair of the English Department or the Writing Program Coordinator. The Chair of the English Department or the Writing Program Coordinator may waive this continuous enrollment policy as appropriate.

Provides an intensive introduction to the research techniques and practices of disciplinary writing along with continued attention to developing composition, reading, and argumentative skills. May be used to fulfill the English 112 requirement.

Chronological survey of English literature from Beowulf through Milton.

Chronological survey of English literature from the Restoration through James Joyce.

Introduction to the skills and methods of literary analysis. Designed to supplement the introductory English literature survey courses. Must be taken prior to or concurrently with the major’s first 300- or 400-level literature class in English. Student majoring in English should enroll in this course as early as possible. Minors are also encouraged to enroll.

Chronological survey of world literature in translation from antiquity to the seventeenth century.

Chronological survey of world literature in translation from the seventeenth century to the present day.

A survey of modern poetry, drama, and fiction written during the first half of the twentieth century.

A survey of Native American literature from indigenous oral traditions through contemporary works.

A survey of African-American literature from 1745 to the present.

History and interpretation of American literature from John Smith to Walt Whitman.

History and interpretation of American literature from Emily Dickinson through the twentieth century.

The novel as representative of the culture of the American South, from the beginnings to the late twentieth century.

Principles and problems of news and feature writing for print media.

Instruction and experience in the major elements of editing and publishing a magazine.

English language and grammar compared to other languages and their dialects based on structural and transformational principles to facilitate understanding of language arts. May include language acquisition, psycholinguistics (and its parallels to computational linguistics), sociolinguistics, and neurolinguistics.

A chronological survey of women writers across three successive cultural eras, epochs, or movements. 

Introduces students to poetry writing. Students work within a workshop atmosphere, providing and accepting critiques of their writing and the writing of others. In addition, there will be in-depth discussions of some classic and contemporary work by established writers. Repeatable to 9 hours.

Introduces students to fiction writing. Students work within a workshop atmosphere, providing and accepting critiques of their own writing and the writing of others. Repeatable to 9 hours.

Combines reading and writing in creative nonfiction. Students will explore contemporary examples in the field, examining literary techniques while developing their own writing. Students will work within several sub-genres, including memoir, travel writing, and interview/feature writing. Students work within a workshop atmosphere, providing and accepting critiques of their writing and the writing of others. Repeatable to 9 hours.

A study of the genre of poetry from 1900 to the present.

A study of the development of the genre of fiction, including the short story, the short novel, and the novel, from 1900 to the present.

A study of the development of modern drama from Henrik Ibsen to the present.

Studies in literature by multiethnic American writers, on a topic announced at advanced registration.

Investigation of problems and developments in the study of the English language.

The study of a body of literature, announced at registration, with special emphasis given to an analysis of the techniques of the writers studied.

Senior capstone course for the English major.