Courses Offered in English

A study of the literature of America from the early nineteenth century to the Civil War, with emphasis on the various manifestations of romanticism in the writings of the period.

3.00 credits

This course offers an intensive examination of highly specialized areas in digital studies. May be repeated, with a different topic, for up to 6 credits with permission of the English MA graduate coordinator.

3.00 credits

An exploration into the ways in which literature responds to and represents the environments we inhabit and imagine. The course will introduce students to ecotheory and environmental studies with possible focus on the ways gender, philosophy, science, history, and other disciplines impact how we write and think about the environment. The course may focus on a particular writer, an organizing topic, genre, historical period, or geographical region.

3.00 credits

The course will examine the work of African American novelists and short story writers from William Well Brown to the present, including such major figures as Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison. The course will place the writing in its historical setting and emphasize the development of the African American tradition in fiction.

3.00 credits

This course provides an introduction to teaching the English language in varied contexts in the United States and abroad.  Current methods and approaches will be explored and practiced. Topics include working with diverse populations, teaching language in context, developing lessons and curriculum for specific age groups and situations, aspects of literacy, and issues surrounding culture and identity. Three lecture hours per week.  Field experience hours are required.  This course is not appropriate for those seeking licensure in Pk - 12 schools. Not open to students who have received credit for EDS722.

3.00 credits

This course introduces students to thinking and writing about literature in the context of the discipline's academic discourse. The course focuses on familiarizing students with debates and problems relevant to the field, researching secondary literature, and writing for a scholarly audience. Required of all MA students in their first semester in the program.

3.00 credits

This course is designed to prepare English as a Second Language (ESL) licensure candidates to plan, implement, and manage standards-based ESL, bilingual, and Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) content instruction in PreK-12 schools.  Students will apply their knowledge of evidence-based ESL practices and strategies to classrooms that serve multilingual students from diverse backgrounds across grade levels and program models.  Emphasis will be placed on developing and integrating language skills within the context of thematic units aligned to the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks.  Students will also learn to evaluate, adapt, and develop materials and assessments for multilingual students in PreK-12 contexts. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required.  Not open to students who have received credit for EDS728.
Prerequisites: ENG/EDS770N – Culture and Context in in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and ENG/EDS792 Introduction to TESOL Methods. 

3.00 credits

A multi-genre approach to the literature of the British Isles in the first half of the twentieth century: fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction.

3.00 credits

This course is designed to acquaint teachers and librarians with the latest in literature for the junior and senior high schooler. It explores the literary tastes of today's young adults and suggests relevant material for inclusion in the literature program. Emphasis is placed on teaching techniques which will encourage young people of varying abilities to read widely and voluntarily.

3.00 credits

This course provides a foundation for understanding the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Local, national, and international contexts are examined and used in investigating various historical and current approaches to teaching linguistically diverse learners. Topics include laws and language policies, cultural identity, language diversity, and culturally responsive and affirming teaching to forge family and/or community relations. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required. Not open to students who have received credit for EDS770N.

3.00 credits

This course will provide in depth analysis of the components of language:  syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexis, and semantics.  Students will apply concepts to language teaching and learning.  Three lecture hours per week. Field-based experiences required.  Not open to students who received credit for EDS 776.
Prerequisite: ENG/EDS770N - Culture and Context in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 

3.00 credits

This course examines the assessment of language and language proficiency for a variety of purposes including documenting the effects of instruction on student learning and using assessment to inform instruction.  Students will design performance assessments and indicators for multilingual learners in various TESOL contexts. Students will also become familiar with a variety of language tests used across TESOL contexts and will design original assessments designed to measure student learning.  Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required.  Not open to students who received credit for EDS 778N.
Pre-requisites: EDS 770N /ENG 770N 

3.00 credits

This course will offer in depth literary analysis of selected readings from the English Bible in translation. Readings will represent a range of literary genres.

3.00 credits

This course focuses on applying theories, principles, and evidence-based methods of language acquisition and learning to the development of materials, lessons, and curricula for teaching English to speakers of other languages.  Students will cultivate skills in the design and delivery of contextualized lesson plans, develop expertise in the selection and evaluation of materials such as textbooks, computer-assisted materials, and realia, and demonstrate their understanding of critical issues in TESOL. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required. . Not open to students who have received credit for EDS 792.
Prerequisite: ENG/EDS 770N - Culture and Context in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

3.00 credits

This course offers an opportunity for students to study texts drawn from World literatures. Possibilities might include study of a significant author or work in a global context, or examination of various genres or traditions in World Literature. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Multiple enrollments in a term are allowed.

3.00 credits

A study and travel course that incorporates a research trip to a location appropriate to the course. Topic varies. May be repeated up to two times for up to a total of six credits. Students will be responsible for travel costs. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

3.00 credits

The primary focus of this class is to introduce middle and high school teachers to the research, theories, and scholarship which inform current writing pedagogies in the discipline of Writing and Rhetoric. Students will implement theory into practice through curriculum design and reflective course assignments. This course is required for MAT and MA/MAT candidates. This course is designed for and highly recommended for students who are current or future teachers. Three lecture hours per week.

3.00 credits

A writing course for those who wish to concentrate exclusively on poetry. Participants will be expected to write a series of poems, to read widely in contemporary poetry and in poetic theory and to write critical reviews. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Three lecture hours.

3.00 credits

 The primary focus of this class is to introduce middle and high school teachers to the research, theories, and scholarship which inform current literature pedagogy. Students will implement theory into practice as they decide how to adapt current models to their own classroom situations. This course is required for MAT and MA/MAT candidates. This course is designed for and highly recommended for students who are current or future teachers. Three lecture hours per week..

3.00 credits

A writing course for those who wish to concentrate on memoir and related prose forms including fiction, creative non-fiction, and hybrid texts. Workshop members will submit work in progress for in-class criticism and commentary. The coursework will include deriving lessons from exemplary published memoirs and nonfiction. Information on publishing will be given. This course may be repeated for up to nine credits.

3.00 credits

A workshop course focusing on the principles and practices of writing scripts for a variety of genres and media. Characters, story, plot structure, and dialogue will be discussed and analyzed in contemporary works, and the developing work of students. The course will include reading and evaluation of student scripts in class. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Three lecture hours per week.

3.00 credits

This course introduces students to an expanded definition of writing through the study and practice of digital writing. Students will engage with contemporary scholarship (e.g. rhetoric, semiotics, digital humanities) to understand theories and practices of digital writing. They also will consider how the digital world affords writers the genres, strategies, tools, and platforms for composing beyond text and print. For the hands-on experience needed to effectively create digital content, students will analyze and compose digital texts, such as comics, videos, websites, podcasts, and blogs.

3.00 credits

In this production-based course, students will analyze educational, narrative, and hybrid genres podcasts based on a variety of subjects such as arts, society and culture, and true crime. Students will learn the process of creating a podcast, the technical skills needed to craft professional audio work, and techniques for distributing a podcast to a target audience. With that knowledge, students will create their own podcasts individually or in small groups, compose and produce a trailer and 1-2 podcast episodes, and share their podcasts in digital spaces.

3.00 credits

This course offers students the opportunity to explore current, relevant subjects and issues in the field of writing. Among the topics that may be offered are Nature Writing, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Sports Writing, and Travel Writing. May be repeated for credit.

3.00 credits

This course explores mindfulness as writing theory and practice and examines the impact of present awareness on the siting process and rhetorical situation. It studies rhetorical factors of impermanence, audience, internal rhetoric, verbal emptiness, mindful invention, and the embodied and material conditions of writing.
Present-moment awareness is applied to writing to reduce obstacles that come from mindlessness or future- or past-oriented approaches. Students practice Mindful writing techniques for use in the classroom and their writing. Three lecture hours per week.

3.00 credits

This course examines the theory and practice of grammar instruction in TESOL contexts. Students will apply the study of grammatical forms and structures of English to teaching English in various TESOL contexts. Students will develop original lesson plans that incorporate grammar instruction and technology into a standards-based framework. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required. Not open to students who received credit for EDS 859.

3.00 credits

Required of graduate assistants assigned to the Writing Center, but also open to other graduate students. The course offers training in composition theory, practice in the conference method of teaching writing, and participation in the operations of the Writing Center. Requirements include regular weekly tutoring in the Writing Center and a project on composition theory and practice.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor.

3.00 credits

An independent reading, research, and/or writing project supervised by a member of the English graduate faculty. Can be repeated once for a maximum of six credits. Pre-approval by graduate coordinator and supervising faculty member required before a student enrolls in the course.

3.00 credits

In this 1-3 credit internship, graduate students intern with a faculty member of gain practical experience applying digital humanities theory to practice. Through research, hands-on collaboration, and individual meetings, interns work with the faculty member on a digital humanities project to develop advanced research skills in digital scholarship, apply digital tools to humanities research, and expand project management skills. May be repeated for a total of three credits.
Prerequisites: ENG713 and permission of the instructor and the graduate coordinator.

1.00 - 3.00 credits

In this 1-3 credit internship, graduate students intern with a faculty member to gain practical experience and knowledge in college-level pedagogy in creative writing, literary study, writing and rhetoric, linguistics, writing center, writing across the curriculum, TESOL, etc. Through reading, research, individual meetings, and observation, interns work with the faculty member in such things as syllabus design, research, preparation for lectures, activity design, and class, center, and program management. May be repeated up to three times for a total of 3 credits. Multiple enrollments in the same semester will be allowed. One to three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the graduate coordinator.

1.00 - 3.00 credits

The Manuscript Capstone in Writing is a 1-2 semester-long course in which students in the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English Program writing option complete an original work of significant length in a single genre. The student works closely with a faculty advisor.
Prerequisites: Matriculation into the M.A./M.A.T program, 18 credits toward M.A. or M.A. portion of the M.A./M.A.T. in English degree, ENG 725, approval of graduate coordinator. This course is repeatable for a total of six credits.

3.00 - 6.00 credits

The Thesis Capstone is a 1-2 semester-long course in which students in the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English Program with an option in Literature write a scholarly thesis. The student works closely with a faculty advisor.
Prerequisites: matriculation into the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. program, cumulative G.P.A. of 3.75 or higher, 18 credits toward M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English degree, ENG 725, approval of graduate coordinator. Repeatable once for a total of six credits.

3.00 - 6.00 credits

This course is designed to prepare students for the types of academic writing, academic conventions, and critical reading that occur in ENL110: Foundations of Writing, or another W-I course. ENL105 gives students the opportunity to extend their first year writing education, covering topics such as procrastination, writing apprehension, writing blocks, and the writing process to help students assess how their choices affect their writing outcomes and, more broadly, their lives and well-being. The course also addresses organization, style, close reading, analysis, and the use of evidence. Students opt to take this course before their W-I. Students who are enrolled in or who have already received credit for either ENL108 or a W-I course may not enroll in this course. 3 lecture hours.
Prerequisites: Completion of English Department Placement procedure.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Pers Growth & Responsibility

ENL108 is designed to foster the unique strengths of “multilingual” students, students who speak English as an additional language (formerly known as ESL). It prepares multilingual students for the types of academic writing, academic conventions, and critical reading that occur in ENL109, Foundations of Writing, or another W-I course. ENL108 gives students the opportunity to extend their first year writing education by covering topics such as procrastination, writing apprehension, writing blocks, reflection, and the writing process to help students assess how their choices affect their writing outcomes and, more broadly, their lives and well-being. The course also addresses organization, style, close reading, analysis, and the use of evidence. Students opt to take this course before their W-I. Students who are enrolled in or who have already received credit for either ENL105 or a W-I course may not enroll in this course. Not advised for students for whom English is their home or primary language. 3 lecture hours.
Prerequisite: Completion of English Department placement procedure.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Pers Growth & Responsibility

This course is designed to foster the unique strengths of “multilingual” students, students who speak English as an additional language (formerly known as ESL). This course provides an introduction to the foundational knowledge, literacies, and composing strategies that will help prepare multilingual writers for writing across the disciplines, in the workplace, and in their local and global communities. Course work includes developing overall proficiency in the stylistic and grammatical conventions of academic writing in English. Students who are enrolled in or who have already received credit for either ENL110 or another W-I course may not enroll in this course. Not advised for students for whom English is their home or primary language. Three lecture hours.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level I

This course provides an introduction to the foundational knowledge, literacies, and composing strategies that will help prepare students for writing across the disciplines, in the workplace, and in their local and global communities.
Pre-/Co-requisite: Students must complete Writing Self-Placement to enroll in this course and all other first-year writing courses.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level I

This course provides student enrolled in the honors program with an enriched introduction to the foundational knowledge, literacies, and composing strategies that will help prepare student for writing across the disciplines, in the workplace, and in their local and global communities. Specifically, the course shall emphasize the honors program's commitment to building a dedicated community that masters intellectual rigor, inquiry, and self-discovery.
Prerequisite: Only open to students enrolled in the honors program.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level I

What is literature, how is it written, and what does it do? Through a variety of special topics, this course will examine the nature of literary creation. Students will analyze and practice the modes, strategies, and skills of literary expression. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite/Co-requisite: W-I.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec

Literary works from a broad historical range and a variety of genres will be grouped around a common topic and students will examine how writers approach significant questions from different perspectives. "Classics" will be juxtaposed with works from diverse time periods and cultures. Emphasis will be on developing framing questions and reading intertextually. Form, content, and aesthetics will be considered as students work on developing interpretive skills and forming questions. Required of Bachelor of Arts, English Majors. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

Through intensive close-reading practices, students will get to know a small number of literary works in great depth. Students will learn research methods as they study myriad aspects of the text(s) and context(s). Areas of focus may include: literary and historical traditions, sources, influences, intertexts, form, genre, aesthetics, thematics, and reception. Required of Bachelor of Arts, English Majors. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

What do stories tell us about where we came from and how we got here? An introduction to foundations of world literature through the seventeenth century, the course will consider the role of storytelling and the place of literature in attempts to document and to understand the human past. Attention will be given to what distinguishes literary expression and to how we can read literature alongside other kinds of historical evidence. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENL 260, or ENG 294.
Prerequisite or corequisite: Level I Written Communications course (W-I) or equivalent.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec, The Human Past

An introduction to touchstone works of literature since the eighteenth century from diverse cultures in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. The worlds and world views that literary works convey and create are studied in their difference and diversity, in relation to one another, and in relation to the experiences of the reader. Individual courses will be organized around big questions such as "to whom are we responsible?" or "what is the role of the artists?" or around such themes as "empire, colonialism, and globalization," "gender and sexuality in local and global contexts," or "friendship". Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG261.
Prerequisite/Co-requisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec, World Cultures

This course introduces students to the major components of language and will explore the ways that language is used on a variety of professional, political, and cultural contexts. Three lecture hours or week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

An introduction to creative writing, with students practicing writing in genres such as poetry, fiction, and drama. Students will share their work in class and gain exposure to contemporary literature. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 300 or ENL 320. Three lecture hours per week.
Pre/Co-requisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec

This course explores mindful writing for the purposes of reducing writing apprehension and increasing writing ease and productivity. Mindfulness introduces present moment awareness to the writing process and rhetorical situation and highlights new aspects concerning audience, prewriting, invention, impermanence, self-talk, emotional reactions to writing occasions, and the embodied and material nature of writing. 3 lecture hours.
Prerequisite: Completion of W-I course

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Pers Growth & Responsibility, Written Communication-Level II

The course allows students in the Honors Program to use writing to examine topics of interest to an academic audience. Through a range of assignments, students will develop their writing process, consider how to compose in different genre and for difference audiences, and learn to use writing as a tool for critically thinking about a subject.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

Beginning in the experience of the senses, this course will explore such subjects as figurative language, symbolism, diction, sound, rhythm, and form as they contribute to the understanding of individual poems. Reading will include selections from both classic and contemporary works, focusing on both historical and cultural context and on individual expression. Students will also be creating their own poems as an aspect of learning to read and appreciate poetry as an art form. Assignments will include a research project involving critical commentary on a single poem, a short literary analysis, and a review of a poetry reading. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec

An exploration of topics in contemporary society through literature. Each section of this course will focus on a particular topic - for example immigrant identities, urban culture, contemporary Iran or the Bosnian genocide - and examine how literary analysis and culture criticism provide insight on social relations and institutions relevant to the topic. Students will practice evidence-based inquiry and analysis through close reading as they consider the relationship between historical and social contexts, aesthetics, and representation. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Contemporary Society

A study of major British literary figures who are representative of the early, medieval and renaissance periods. Emphasis upon the major characteristics of each literary period and the relationships among them. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG225.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

A study of major British literary figures who are representative of the Neo-Classic, Romantic and Victorian periods. Emphasis upon the major characteristics of each literary period and the relationships among them. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG226.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course exposes students to a variety of literary works and traditions while at the same time encourages them to examine their broader relationship to other creative art forms and areas of humanistic inquiry. Students will gain an understanding of the creative process through engagement with various works, literary and otherwise, and participate in activities and projects that encourage students to create and express themselves. Regular classroom experiences will be augmented by guest lectures by SSU faculty and other specialists, as well as field trips to museums, concerts, and other venues. Open only to students enrolled in the Honors Program. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for either ENL264H or 265H.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec

A survey of Colonial and early national United States literature, up to and including the Civil War period. Classes may emphasize important Puritan, and antebellum writers as well as other significant traditions of this period. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG355.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec

This course covers United States literature since the Civil War. Classes may emphasize important realist, naturalist, Modernist, and post-Modernist writers as well as other significant traditions during the late-nineteenth century through to the present day. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG356
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Creative Expression & Apprec

This course provides a writing-intensive study of the spectrum of ethnic literatures written in the United States since the second half of the twentieth century. The course will focus on the ways that texts convey experiences of belonging and difference in a variety of communities, from the family to the nation. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Diversity, Power Dyn, Soc Just, Written Communication-Level II

This course will study leading movements and figures in the African American literary tradition up to 1930. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG266, ENG386. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Diversity, Power Dyn, Soc Just

This course examines the African American literary tradition from the modem period to the present through the lenses of race and power. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG267 or ENG387. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Diversity, Power Dyn, Soc Just

A study of the development of film as an aesthetic, cultural, and historical form. Considers film's interaction with historical contexts, technological developments, and questions of representation. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for MEC245 or ENG245.

Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

Introduces students to methods of film analysis. Considers the particularities of the medium and vocabulary of film. Explores key debates in film theory including questions of realism, formalism, authorship, and film as language. Investigates influences such as Marxism, psychoanalysis, reception theory, and narrative theory on film analysis. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for MEC246 or ENG246.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

A comparative study of themes, ideas, and styles in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in print and on film. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG317.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course explores various non-western dramatic traditions, including both ancient and modern examples. Three lecture hours per week. It is not open to students who have received credit for ENG255.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: World Cultures

An introduction to LGBTQ+literature this course explores the ways that fictional representations of LGBTQ+gender and sexuality reflects and influence the contexts in which they are written and read Definitions and theories of gender and sexuality will be examined alongside the study of LGBTQ+ literary traditions and key works. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: W-I

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Diversity, Power Dyn, Soc Just

Combines instruction in current practices and theories in teaching composition and practical experience as a tutor in the Writing Center. Course prerequisites, requirements, and application procedures are available in English Department Office. Enrollment is limited to 12 students recommended by faculty. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG502 or ENL502.
Prerequisite: Level I Writing course or equivalent.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

This course of grammar for professional writers of prose in areas such as journalism, essay writing, fiction, and professional or business writing. The course will review basic grammar, including the parts of speech, phrases, clauses, and types of sentences. It will focus on correct, efficient, and stylistically distinguished sentence structures. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG325.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course introduces students to contemporary theory and approaches in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The ways that first and second languages are learned will be explored and students will become familiar with an interactive approach to language pedagogy. This course will relate theory and practice and provide an overview of a variety of TESOL contexts. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I. Not open to students that have completed ENL307.

3.00 credits

A general introduction to the large field of professional writing, focusing on the many different types of writing and the specific requirements for each area - business, technical, journalism, internet, media, etc. This course will include classroom analysis and lectures from professionals in the field, with some practical writing assignments due throughout the course. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG301.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

This course covers literary editing techniques appropriate for the option in professional writing. Students will develop both reading and critical skills, focusing not only on correct grammar and usage, but also on purpose, audience, and especially styles. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG303.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

A survey of journalistic styles in writing, focusing on the interactions between journalism and literature, as, for example, the relationship between periodical journalism and Addison's essays, or Boswell's influence on the writing of popular profiles. Attention will also be paid to reading current journalistic pieces in a literary context - reviews, plus critical, social, political, ethical, and legal commentary. Writing assignments, including work for The Log and other campus publications maybe be both practical and analytical. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG314.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

Fundamentals of business communication, which involves business vocabulary, letter writing, public relations writing, the mechanics of persuasive style, business reports, etc. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG402.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

This course covers writing and marketing travel articles for newspapers and magazines and writing brochures and publicity for hotels, resorts, and other tourist attractions. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

Digital Writing is a W-II course whose goal is to equip students with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively communicate and create content using forms of digital media. Students will learn how various modalities - visual, alphabetic, and aural-function and intersect in digital writing, and the factors that need to be considered when composing with them. Students will analyze and compose digital texts such as comics, videos, podcasts, websites and blogs. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

Writing about food is a unique literary experience that encourages not only introspection but also community engagement. Food writing explores such topics as cuisine and cultural identity, the global ecological impact of human consumption, and aesthetics and senses of taste. This course teaches the analysis and practice of food writing. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites:W-I.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

The Craft of Poetry is a writing course that offers a thorough, hands-on exploration of poetic craft. Students will learn about meter and various poetic forms, such as the sonnet, villanelle, and sestina. The course will also cover technique for free verse, concentration on line length, line breaks, and stanza length, with attention given to other poetic elements - word choice, diction, tone, imagery. Students will turn in a portfolio of poems and write short papers. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG403A.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This writing course uses a sequence of single-focus writing exercises and prose models to promote mastery of the techniques of writing fiction. Topics include narrative structure, characterization, point-of-view, narration, description, voice and dialogue, and prose style. Writing assignments enable students to explore a variety of prose forms. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG407.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

This production-based course teaches students to compose narrative nonfiction audio stories like those heard on the radio and popular podcasts. Through attention to genre, purpose, and audience and practice with listening and audio analysis, students will learn strategies and techniques to craft their own audio stories. Students will gain experience in writing a pitch, writing a script, interviewing, recording sound, collecting and downloading sound, experimenting with sound effects, silence, and music, and working in audio editing software. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: W-1.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

An examination of the short story as a literary art form. This course will explore the writing of short stories as well as writing about short stories. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG330. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

Students study the benefits of reading to children while learning about the origins and genres of children’s literature for ages birth-eight. Wide reading of children’s books builds the foundational knowledge necessary to select, evaluate, research, review, and share children’s literature across early childhood settings. The course emphasizes as well how children’s literature reflects a wide range of ways to support anti-bias/anti-racist education and how children’s literature may be used to support early literacy and social emotional development and to promote social justice. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for EDU321, ENG334, or EDU334.

3.00 credits

A study of poetry written from 1900-1945 that covers such writers as Eliot, Yeats, Hughes, Williams, Stevens, and Moore. The course will examine writers' relations to the era's major movements. Three lecture hours per week.Not open to students who have received credit for ENG390.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

An in-depth study of Shakespeare's histories and comedies--about eight to ten plays--as well as one or more narrative poems. The class will focus on cultural and formal issues and features within Shakespeare's writings as well as cultural trends that Shakespeare responded to and helped shape. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG331.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

An in-depth study of Shakespeare's tragedies and romances--about eight to ten plays--as well as his sonnets. The class will focus on cultural and formal issues and features within Shakespeare's writings as well as cultural trends that Shakespeare responded to and helped to shape. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG332
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course examines U.S. Latinx literary achievements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, considering the various literary traditions, such as Chicano/a, Nuyorican, Cuban-American, and Dominican-American, that together make up U.S. Latinx literature. The focus will be on common concerns of U.S. Latinx writers such as ethnic identity and minority status, prejudice and discrimination, immigration and migration, bilingualism and linguistic hybridity, machismo, and gender roles. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG389.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Diversity, Power Dyn, Soc Just

A comparative study of women's roles and their depiction in literature and film. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG417.
Prerequisite: W-I or equivalent.

3.00 credits

This Film class will examine a range of topics in science fiction film. Three lecture hours per week May be repeatable for credit.
Prerequisite: W-I course.

3.00 credits

Modern Drama I is a study of some of the major movements of 20th century drama, from the beginnings of Modernism through the Second World War. The course meets for three lecture hours per week. It is not open to students who have received credit for ENG 490. Prerequisite: Level I Written Communication (W-I) or equivalent.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level II

Modern Drama II is a study of some of the major movements of the 20th and 21st century drama, from the Second World War to the present. The course meets for three lecture hours per week. It is not open to students who have received credit for ENG491.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.

3.00 credits

This course is an examination of classic statements of literary criticism and theory from Plato to modern times that delineate the contours and the problems of literary discourse. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG321.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.

3.00 credits

An intensive examination of the field of publishing for professional writers, the class will examine business models for nonfiction book and magazine publishers, professional workflow dynamics in organizations, freelance nonfiction writing, ghost writing, and other forms of work-for-hire for print and electronic media. This course will include collaborative classroom practicum experiences and lectures from professionals in the field, with some practical writing assignments such as pitch and query letters throughout the course. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG470.
Prerequisite: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.

3.00 credits

This production-based course will teach students about the historical development and use of podcasts, audio-based digital communication channels that evolved from broadcasting and radio. Students will analyze podcasts based on a variety of subjects such as music, sports, and true crime, and their corresponding genres such as interviews, discussion, and narrative stories. Students will learn the process of creating a podcast, technical skills needed to craft professional audio work, and techniques for launching, marketing, and distributing a podcast to a target audience. Working in small teams, students will create a podcast and write, produce, and share several podcast episodes. Students may not earn credit if they previously received credit for MCO 413. Three (3) lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite: WII

3.00 credits

A workshop course in writing essays, ranging from the strictly personal to the more objective, from brief journalistic pieces to more developed forms. Classes will involve open discussion of students' writing and sharing of lessons derived from professional essayists. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: Any one of the following courses: ENL220 or 321 or 322; or permission of Department Chairperson

3.00 credits

A workshop course centered on fiction intended for eventual publication. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites:  ENL220 or 322; or permission of Department Chairperson

3.00 credits

A workshop course centered on poetry intended for eventual publication. Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisites: ENL220 or 321; or permission of Department Chairperson.

3.00 credits

This course offers students the opportunity to write intensively on a particular subject or genre of creative writing. The professor will determine selection of the course topic. Three lecture hours per week. This course may be repeated for additional credit.
Prerequisites: Any one of the following courses: ENL220 or ENL321 or ENL322; or permission of Department Chairperson.

3.00 credits

A survey of literature of the first half of the nineteenth century, focusing on the works of such writers as Irving, Cooper, Sedgwick, Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG456.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.

3.00 credits

A study of selected Modernist American writers, such as Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Eliot, Pound, Stevens, Cather, and H.D. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG458.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.

3.00 credits

In this writing-intensive seminar, students will learn the basic skills of production dramaturgy, including script analysis, research methods and the practicalities of working with a director, actors and designers on a theatrical production. the course shall focus specifically on the variety of written and digital materials they will generate for the production team and the audience. Three meeting hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-II course or equivalent.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Commun-Level III

This course offers an examination of specific topics in literacy theory, literacy criticism, and cultural studies. Three lecture hours per week. As permitted by the chairperson, it may be repeated for credit when the topic is different.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.

3.00 credits

Independent projects for students in the Honors program and others. Consent of the Department Chairperson required.
Prerequisite: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 300-level or permission of the chairperson.

3.00 credits

Intensive work on a creative thesis guided by a faculty mentor.
Pre/Co-requisites: At least 9.0 credits from the following courses: ENL321, 322, 411, 412, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Commun-Level III

An internship designed to provide on-the-job training and work experiences relevant to the student's academic concentration in writing and/or literature. Time and service arrangements contracted between student, training site, and Department. Number of credit hours will vary with commitment, intern advisor's recommendation and Department Chairperson's approval. With specific permission of the Department Chairperson, may be taken for 3 credits as the English Department major Capstone Experience.
Prerequisite: ENG102, ENL102, ENG102E, ENL102ESL, ENG103, ENL103, ENG106H, or ENL106H, completion of at least 6 credits of English electives, and permission of the Department Chairperson.

1.00 - 6.00 credits

This advanced level W-III course will examine a single topic of special interest in depth. Course will be devoted to literary analysis, discipline-specific writing conventions, research, and composing a seminar paper. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG497.
Prerequisite: W-I, W-II, and at least one English course at the 300-level or permission from the chairperson.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Commun-Level III

An intensive examination of single figures, genres, or themes, conducted as a seminar. Students not participating in the Honors Program may enroll in this course. Specific subject matter will be announced each semester. Course may be repeated for additional credits.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.

3.00 credits

This course allows English majors to satisfy the final academic requirement for becoming a Commonwealth Honors Scholar and graduate as a member of the Commonwealth Honors Program. It is preceded by two 1.5-credit experiences (Honors Junior and Senior seminars) in which students work extensively with peers on topic invention and development. This capstone experience requires students to undertake a significant creative or research project in the discipline of English under the direction of a faculty member in the department. Three credit hours.
Prerequisites: W-II, IDS600H, consent of Commonwealth Honors Program Director, and permission of Department Chairperson.
Co-requisite: IDS 601H.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Commun-Level III

This course will introduce students to the experience of academic exploration that is at the heart of a liberal arts education. Through study of one or more compelling questions or topics in a small seminar setting, students will practice creative and critical thinking and will learn to express themselves effectively and appropriately in a college setting. They will develop relationships and practices that allow them to effectively utilize college resources and become members of a community of learners. The specific topic of the seminar will be developed by individual faculty and will be announced in advance. First year seminars are required for first-year students and transfer students with fewer than 15 credits. Not open to students who have received credit for IDS 189 or another first year seminar course.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: First Year Seminar