Undergraduate English
Undergraduate English
2020 Fall Term
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INTENSIVE COLLEGE WRITING AND READING
ENGLISH 100
An intensive introduction to college writing and reading for students with appropriate placement scores. Emphasis on textual analysis of a variety of genres (both fiction and nonfiction), critical argumentation, the writing process, conventions of academic prose, and improvement of grammatical control and proofreading skills.
INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING AND READING
ENGLISH 101
Critical reading and writing with emphasis on textual analysis of a variety of genres (both fiction and nonfiction), critical argumentation, the writing process, and conventions of academic prose.
INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH
ENGLISH 102
Continuation of ENGLISH 100/ENGLISH 101 with additional emphasis on modes of inquiry, the research process, and the completion of a formally documented, argument-based research paper.
FRESHMAN ENGLISH HONORS
ENGLISH 105
An accelerated course in the reading and writing of college-level prose that satisfies the Proficiency writing requirement for students in the University Honors program. Study of the major literary genres, and composition of substantial papers and a library research paper. NOTE -- students will be able to receive AP or other test credit for English 101 and ENGLISH 102, but they may not enroll in English 101 or ENGLISH 102 for credit after completing this course.
ADVANCED ACADEMIC READING IN ESL
ENGLISH 161
Development of critical thinking skills in reading and ability to express complex, academic arguments for participation in university courses. Students must pass this course with a C- or better to exit the IEP. This course satisfies the English 101 University Proficiency Requirement.
INTRODUCTION TO U.S. LATINX LITERATURE
ENGLISH 202
The course will present students with the diverse U.S. Latinx experiences, by introducing them to texts that examine literary works by authors of Latino/Latina backgrounds, in their historical context and cultural context.
BRITISH LITERATURE SURVEY I
ENGLISH 206
A survey of British literature from the Old English period through the eighteenth century.
AMERICAN LITERATURE SURVEY I
ENGLISH 226
A survey of American literature from the seventeenth century through the Civil War to acquaint the student with the foremost writers of our literary culture.
FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND EDITING
ENGLISH 230
Students will be introduced to current practices in and theories behind what makes a good editor and writer and learn to read as editors, paying attention to the details of writing professionally. They will learn the processes of revising, fully correcting, and preparing a manuscript for publication.
CLASSICAL MYTH AND LEGEND AS SOURCES FOR LITERATURE
ENGLISH 251
An examination of classical myths and legends and how they have been used in various periods and genres of English literature.
AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE
ENGLISH 260
Explore American environmental literature (creative non-fiction/fiction/poetry) from its orgins, with special attention to key authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt, Aldo Leopold, Leslie Silko, Rachel Carlson, Annie Dillard and Bill McKibben.
THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL
ENGLISH 263
A study of significant British and American novels and novelists of the last decade.
GENDER AND FILM
ENGLISH 266
Students will learn to critically view, consider, and describe films, with special attention to representations of sexuality and gender. The course will include instruction in gender theory and methods for deploying gender analysis in the context of film studies.
CRITICAL WRITING IN THE FIELD OF ENGLISH
ENGLISH 271
This course will help students become proficient in the skills of research, organization, writing, and revising that they will need in upper-division English courses. Students will learn both the general conventions of academic writing about literature (literary criticism) and the specific methods of some of the most important kinds of literary criticism.
CRITICAL WRITING IN MULTIMEDIA CONTEXTS
ENGLISH 272
In this course, students will learn to conceptualize, structure, and produce analytical writing in multiple forms within digital contexts. Since such contexts are often multi-modal--layered with visual images as well as sound--instruction will include the analysis and appropriation of the visual and auditory in critical writing.
CREATIVE WRITING
ENGLISH 274
Study, discussion and writing of description, narration, verse and the short story.
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE STUDY
ENGLISH 281
An introduction to the basic tools and concepts for the study of language through study of the sounds, grammar, vocabulary, history, and cultural context of English.
WRITING FOR THE WEB
ENGLISH 332
Writing for the Web is designed to survey the many forms of online writing, focusing on community contributions, blogs, Web pages, Wikis and writng for the Web in students' particular academic disciplines. Students will examine each of these forms' conventions, create and contribute to such texts, and reflect upon the cultural significance of those forms.
JAPANESE LITERATURE
ENGLISH 333
This course surveys Japanese Literature, providing study of classical literature and how this past is reconsidered by modern writers. Group projects will include study of key issues in Japanese cultural history, such as folktales, garden, tea and verse aesthetics, court, samurai and merchant culture, and international contact and war.
AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE
ENGLISH 334
This course explores contemporary writing and film by Native North American authors in relation to 1) ancient tribal traditions and languages; 2) the history of colonialism; 3) questions of cultural belonging and cultural appropriation; 4) the experiences of contemporary American Indians. Literary criticism and secondary sources introduce key issues in American Indian literary discourse and provide cultural and historical backgrounds.
LITERATURE ON FILM
ENGLISH 352
This course examines the complex cultural work of adapting literature to film. Through critical analysis of narrative fiction - short stories, novels, plays, graphic novels - and the films they inspire, students will investigate the history, narrative, conventions, iconic elements, and cultural significance of literary adaptations to film. Repeatable with topic change.
TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
ENGLISH 360
This course examines the rapid evolution of British fiction, drama, and poetry during the twentieth century. Themes will vary from the experiments in modernism that open the century to the postmodern approaches to narrative and identity that close it, as students explore a literature often marked by anxiety over the peak and decline of the British empire.
THE GRAMMAR OF STANDARD WRITTEN ENGLISH
ENGLISH 362
This is a course in the grammar of relatively formal and planned written English. We will review a vocabulary for talking about the structural choices that are available to writers of English, and use this vocabulary to practice analyzing and constructing sentences and parts of sentences. The course is meant primarily for people whose professional plans include writing or editing.
STYLE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
ENGLISH 364
Introduction to analysis and revision of texts for their style by a) assessing the rhetorical situations of these texts and b) becoming conversant and widely accepted principles and categories of style. Focus is on stylistic concerns such as clarity, coherence, cohesion, emphasis, concision, shape, and elegance.
ADVANCED COMPOSITION
ENGLISH 370
A course in advanced exposition and argumentation. Conventional grade basis only if course is required in the College of Business for major.
WRITING IN THE SCIENCES
ENGLISH 371
Instruction on the nature of writing in the sciences, including features of scientific genres and strategies for producing effective texts.
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WRITING
ENGLISH 372
Practice in expository, descriptive, and report writing, with special application to technical and scientific subject matter.
POETRY WRITING
ENGLISH 373
An intensive course in the writing of poetry requiring a minimum of 250 lines of good verse (after revision). The course will consider examples from some of the best contemporary verse, as well as criticism by students and the instructor of student work.
SCREENWRITING
ENGLISH 376
Practical experience in writing scripts for cinema and/or television, with special emphasis on the creative, theoretical, and critical processes.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
ENGLISH 380
This workshop introduces students to the history, theory, tradition and practice of creative nonfiction in its many forms, including the edited journal, personal essay and memoir, nature essay, literary journalism, and academic/cultural criticism. Through a mix of seminar-style discussions, graduated writing assignments, and intensive workshop response and revision, students work to develop a substantive portfolio (40-50 pages) of their own work by the end of the semester.
SPECIAL TOPICS WRITING WORKSHOP
ENGLISH 387
Creative writing workshop, variable topics.
SHAKESPEARE
ENGLISH 404
A study of the works of Shakespeare which will include representative genres and which will not duplicate works studied in 680-405.
GRANT/PROPOSAL WRITING
ENGLISH 435
This is an advanced writing course on the genre of the proposal, pairing students with clients to produce a grant. The course benefits students who will write proposals for their own work as well as students who wish to add the proposal genre to their portfolio of professional writing skills.
CURRENT THEORIES OF COMPOSITION FOR TEACHERS
ENGLISH 471
A course in theories and methods of teaching composition, including practice in the evaluating of student writing. Recommended for Juniors and Seniors only.
APPLIED STUDY: INTERNSHIP IN WRITING
ENGLISH 493
Offered on a satisfactory/no credit basis only. Internships, as available, in business or government for suitably prepared students wishing to make careers as writers. Repeatable for a maximum of six credits in degree.
INDEPENDENT STUDY
ENGLISH 498
Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member. Repeatable.
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH
ENGLISH 90
A course for students whose reading and writing skills need improvement through study of basic grammar and rhetoric before they attempt other English courses. This course does not count toward the 120 credits required for graduation, nor does it fulfill General Studies requirements, nor may it be counted toward the English major or minor. It may not be taken by students who are simultaneously taking or have satisfactorily completed another English course on this campus. Required for students with an ACT English subscore of 16 or lower (SAT verbal 429).