Content: Texts by poets, dramatists, essayists, and/or novelists as appropriate to topic. Critical essays pertaining to relevant works.
Taught: Annually. Prerequisites: ENG 201 or 202, and ENG 210. Credit: 3 hours; S-course. 347: Seminar in World Literature.
Goal: To study a movement, theme, genre, era or writer(s) focusing primarily on works outside the American and English traditions. The focus of each seminar will vary. Representative topics might include Chinese poetry, the African novel, revolutions in world literature, the Russian novel. Content: Texts by poets, dramatists, essayists, and/or novelists as appropriate to topic. Critical essays pertaining to relevant works. Taught: Alternate years. Prerequisites: ENG 210 Credit: 3 hours; S-course. 356: Argumentative Writing.
Goal: To introduce students to the principles of rhetoric in composition and criticism and to teach them to improve their writing.
Content: Theories of rhetoric and composition with emphasis upon word choice, rhetorical tropes, argument, supporting materials, structure, and style. Taught: Alternate years. Prerequisites: WIS 101 or ENG 101, and ENG 111or ENG 140, or permission of instructor. Credit: 3 hours. 361: Advanced Creative Writing.
Goal: To enable advanced students to develop their skills writing poetry, fiction, and/or drama. Content: Drafts of student work, professional models of writing, texts on the craft and business of creative writing. Taught: Alternate years. Prerequisites: ENG 161 or permission of instructor. Credit: 3 hours. 396, 397: Special Topics in English.
Goal: To allow students to concentrate on a major writer, genre, a theme, or a limited period of literary history. Content: Topics vary, depending on student needs and interest. A student may take no more than two special topic courses. Representative special topics might include Arthurian literature, , Irish literature, or Gothic literature. Taught: Alternate years. Prerequisites: WIS 101 or ENG 101; ENG 111 or ENG 140; ENG 210; ENG 201, 202, 211 or 212; or permission of instructor. Credit: 3; 3 hours. 401: Senior Seminar.
Goal: To enable senior English students to apply their accumulated knowledge to critical analysis of selected issues in literary studies. To encourage independent thought and judgment while providing a forum in which students demonstrate their knowledge of current research and their ability to communicate that knowledge effectively. Content: Study and discussion of literary and critical texts. Content may vary from year to year. Taught: Spring. Prerequisites: Senior standing and successful completion of ENG 210, three from ENG 201, 202, 211, 212, and one 300-level ENG course, or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 hours; S-course. 451: Directed Independent Study.
Goal: To allow students to select authors, works, genres, or themes to study in-depth. Content: Varied; a topic agreed upon by student and professor and approved by the program director. Taught: Fall; Spring. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Credit: 1-6 hours. 452/199: Field Study.
Goal: To provide practical experience for the student to apply what she has learned. Content: Student will perform professional, creative, or research functions under professional supervision. Taught: Fall; Spring. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and program director.
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