Undergraduate English Courses
First Year Composition
ENG 1003. Introduction
to Writing. Required of all freshmen who do not meet entrance
requirements for ENG 1013. Includes intensive instruction and
exercise in syntax, punctuation, spelling. and vocabulary
development. English 1003 does not satisfy any English requirement,
and hours earned will not count toward graduation requirements.
Three lecture hours, week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 1013. Composition I. (ENGL 1301) Theory and practice of
written and oral exposition and research in traditional and
electronic environments; rhetorical principles and organization in
practice. Prerequisite ENG 1003 , passing score on or exemption from
placement exam. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
Core composition requirement.
ENG 1023. Composition II. (ENGL 1302) Theory and practice of
written and oral exposition and research in traditional and
electronic environments; composing persuasive and investigative
texts based on research. Prerequisite ENG 1013 or its
equivalent.Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. Core
composition requirement.
ENG 2013. English
Literary Masterpieces. (ENGL 2322) Major prose and poetry
written before 1760 studied in chronological sequence. Emphasis on
the artistry and the relation of technique to content of the works
studied. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
Second Year Courses
ENG 2033. American Literary Masterpieces. (ENGL 2326) Major
works of American literature studied in chronological sequence.
Attention to both poetry and prose. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its
equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 2043. World Literary Masterpieces. (ENGL 2332) Survey of
the masterworks of western literature, beginning with the earliest
Greek works. Emphasis on the acquisition of an overview of world
literature as well as knowledge about the genres, literary epochs,
and literary history which has informed British and American
literature. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 2053. World Literary Masterpieces, 1600 to Present. (ENGL
2333) Survey of the masterworks of western literature, beginning
with the seventeenth century and reaching to recent times. Emphasis
on the acquisition of an overview of world literature as well as
knowledge about the genres, literary epochs, and literary history
which has informed British and American literature. Prerequisite:
ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three Hours.
ENG 2123. Poetry. An introduction to the art of lyric poetry.
Intensive analysis of individual poems with special attention to
terms and techniques. Poetry selections are from different literary
periods in English and American literature. Prerequisite: Six hours
composition. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 2133. Drama. An introduction to the art of drama with
emphasis on analysis of types of drama from classical Greek to
modern times;. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three
lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 2143. Fiction. An introduction to the art of fiction,
including the study of short stories, novellas, and novels, with
emphasis on critical reading. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its
equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
Third Year Courses
ENG 3013.
Representative Works of British Literature to 1760. Examines
significant works in depth with study of authors and genres in
relation to the aesthetic, historical, and cultural contexts.
Requires research with primary and secondary sources. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3023. Representative Works of British Literature from 1760 to
Present. Examines significant works in depth with study of
authors and genres in relation to the aesthetic, historical, and
cultural contexts. Requires research with primary and secondary
sources. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3103. Writing Center Internship. Theory and practice of
writing pedagogy in a tutorial setting. Developing and using
techniques for writing instruction, composition theory. Writing,
revising, tutoring of peers. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 and one
sophomore or advanced English course. Three lecture hours per week.
Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3111. Writing laboratory. Guided study in ways students
may improve writing competencies through learning editing skills.
May be repeated for credit. Two laboratory hours a week. Credit: One
hour.
ENG 3123. Creative Writing. Fundamentals and techniques of
creative writing, with intensive practice in reading and writing
fiction, poetry, or drama. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English.
May be repeated for credit when the topic varies for up to 9 hours.
Three seminar hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3143. Modern African-American Drama. Concentration on a
close reading of classic plays by the most important and celebrated
African-American playwrights. Focus on the plays of August Wilson.
Prerequisites: Six hours of composition. Three lecture hours per
week. Credit: Three hours. Meets multicultural studies requirement.
Meets core literature requirement.
ENG 3153. American Ethnic Literature. Major themes, subjects,
forms, and styles employed by American ethnic writers. Focus may be
on particular themes, genres, or ethnic groups. Prerequisite: Six
hours composition; one other literature course. Three lecture hours
a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3203. Advanced Grammar and Composition. Concentration on
the basic terminology and procedures of English grammar and
composition, with intensive practice in both. Prerequisites: Nine
hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3243. Literary Analysis and Criticism. Analysis of
fiction, poetry, and drama, using representative historical periods
and contemporary texts. Focus on literary history, schools of
criticism, literary terminology, genres, principles of analysis with
intensive writing practice. Prerequisites: Nine hours of English.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3273. Film and Literature. A critical study of the film
in its relations to drama, the novel, the short story, poetry, and
myth. Prerequisite: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a
week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3283. Survey of American Literature: Colonial Through
Romantic. Major prose and poetry written in the United States
during the Colonial Period through the Romantic Period studied
chronologically. Artistry and technique of the works studied along
with attention to the periods in which the works were written and
read. Prerequisite: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a
week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3293. Survey of American Literature: Realism to the Present.
Major prose and poetry written in the United States during the
Realistic Period up to and including the present studied
chronologically. Artistry and technique of the works studied along
with some attention to the periods in which the works were written
and read. Prerequisite: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a
week, Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3303. The English Language: Development, Nature, and
Structure. Modern English with historical backgrounds:
phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, and usage. Prerequisites:
Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
ENG 3313. The English Novel. Great novels of the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries, selected as illustrating types and trends
in development, analyzed for fictional patterns and as
representative of the greatest novelists from Defoe through Hardy.
Prerequisites: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3323. American Fiction. American fiction from the
eighteenth century to the present, with stress on major novelists,
the short story, symbolism. Prerequisites: Nine hours of English.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3333. Major Plays of Shakespeare. A close reading of 13
of Shakespeare's major plays, with an examination of Shakespeare's
background in the thought of the English Renaissance. Prerequisites:
Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
ENG 3353. The Twentieth-Century English Novel. Analysis of
works by the major novelists from 1900 to the present, including
such figures as Conrad, Joyce, Waugh, and Greene. Prerequisite: Nine
hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3363. Introduction to Linguistics. A survey of the
techniques and practice of recent linguistic theory, including the
structural and transformational concepts of English syntax and
semantics. Prerequisite: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours
a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3373. Contrastive Linguistics. Contrastive analysis of
the linguistic differences (phonological, lexical, and syntactical)
between Standard American English and Spanish and between Standard
English and minority dialects. Prerequisites: Nine hours of English.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3433. Professional Writing. Strategies and practice in
selected rhetorical forms; reading and rhetorical analysis of
selected works. Prerequisite: Nine hours of English or permission of
instructor. Will not substitute for a sophomore literature course.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
Fourth Year Courses
ENG 4243. Poetry of
the Romantic Period. Philosophic and aesthetic approaches to the
study of the work of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley,
and Keats. Prerequisites: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours
a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 4283. Twentieth-Century American Drama. Concentration on
a close reading of representative plays of O'Neill, Miller,
Williams, and Albee. Attention given to other important dramatists,
various types and styles of drama, and historical relevance of plays
studied. Prerequisites: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a
week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 4333. Introduction to the Study of World Literature.
Study of representative masterpieces of ancient, classical,
medieval, and modern literature in translation. Stress on
intercultural relationships as well as individualizing
characteristics of works analyzed. Prerequisites: Nine hours of
English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 4393. American Women and Literature. Emphasis on the
changing images of major female characters and on the contributions
of major female writers from the colonial period to the present.
Focus may be on fiction or on poetry and drama. Prerequisites: Six
hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
May be repeated for credit when the topic varies. Meets women's
studies requirement. Meets core literature requirement.
ENG 4903. Selected Topics. Varied topics of literature: a
period, specific authors, specific themes. Prerequisites: Nine hours
of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. May be
repeated for credit when the topic varies.
ENG 4911. Independent Study. Detailed study of a specialized
topic in English Prerequisite: Nine hours of English or permission
of instructor. Credit: One hour. May be repeated for credit when the
topic of investigation varies.
ENG 4913. Independent Study. Directed study of a specific
focus in literature. Readings, conferences, special projects.
Prerequisites: Nine hours of English or permission of instructor.
Credit: Three hours. May be repeated for credit when the topic
varies.
ENG 4953. Cooperative Education.
