Department
of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages
Chair: Hugh Burns, Ph.D., Professor
Location: CFO 906
Telephone: (940) 898-2324
Telefax: (940) 898-2297
E-Mail: HBURNS@TWU.edu
www.twu.edu/as/engspfl/
Faculty: Professors W. Berry, P. Bridges, H. Burns,
J. Palmer, W. Tanner, S. Webb; Associate Professors V. Casper, N. Nik,
M. Randeri, S. Souris, L. Thompson; Assistant Professors J. Bean, R. Greer,
S. M. Gresham, D. Grigar, A. Litton; Lecturer K. Mongo.
The Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages
offers major programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts, the Master of Arts,
and the Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric. It offers minors in English and
Spanish. For more details, contact the chair of the Department of English,
Speech, and Foreign Languages and visit the Department’s home page.
Admission Requirements
Please see Admissions section of this catalog.
Undergraduate Degrees
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in English+
To earn the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English,
a student will complete 12 semester hours of English (1013, 1023, 2013,
2023) as part of the Core Curriculum and amass a minimum of 30 semester
hours in advanced English, including credit in the following required courses:
3 hours: American Literature: 3323, 3283, 3293, 4283,
4393, or 4903
3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, or 3373
3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203
3 hours: Shakespeare: 3333
3 hours: Novel: 3313, 3323, or 3353
3 hours: English Literature: 4243 or 4903
12 hours: Advanced courses (to be chosen from literature,
language,
linguistics, cooperative education, professional writing
courses)
Certification Programs Offered
The Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages
offers the following options in teacher certification programs in English:
Option I: English major with secondary certification -
30 hours in advanced English* in addition
to the 12 hours in English (1013, 1023, 2013, 2023) included in the Core
Curriculum
6 hours: American Literature Survey: 3283, 3293
3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, 3373
3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203
3 hours: World Literature: 4333
15 hours: Advanced Literature (3 of which must be in British
Literature)
Option II: English as Second Teaching Field - 27 hours in
English**
6 hours: Composition and Literature: 1013,1023
6 hours: English Literary Masterpieces: 2013, 2023
3 hours: American Literature: 3323, 3283, 3293, 4283,
4393 or 4903
3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, or 3373
3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203
3 hours: World Literature: 4333
3 hours: Advanced Literature
The student seeking an elementary academic specialization
in English will take the following option:
Option II: - 27 hours in English
6 hours: Composition and Literature: 1013,1023
6 hours: Sophomore Literature: 2013, 2023, 2033, 2043,
2053,
2123, 2133, 2143
3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, or 3373
3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203
9 hours: Advanced Literature
Minors Offered
The major who does not work toward certification will compile
at least 18 semester hours of credit in a minor field. Six of the 18 hours
must be advanced. At least 3 hours must be completed at TWU.
For a minor in English, the requirement is six advanced
semester hours in the department beyond 12 semester hours of freshman and
sophomore English. At least 3 hours of the 6 advanced hours must be completed
at TWU.
An undergraduate student majoring in English or another
field who expects to pursue graduate study in English is encouraged to
confer with the chair of the department during the junior and senior years
in order to coordinate undergraduate and graduate programs.
For information concerning the Master of Arts degree in
English and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Rhetoric, see the Graduate
Catalog.
English Undergraduate Courses
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 a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 1013. Composition and Literature. Required
of all freshmen. Theory and practice of written and oral exposition and
explication; rhetorical principles and organization in practice, especially
in the essay. Prerequisite: ENG 1003 or equivalent exam. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 1023. Composition and Literature. Required
of all freshmen. Theory and practice of critical exposition and basic rhetorical
analysis; composing informative and investigative exposition based on research.
Prerequisite: ENG 1013 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
ENG 2013. English Literary Masterpieces. 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.
ENG 2023. English Literary Masterpieces. Major
works of literature written since 1760 studied in chronological sequence.
Emphasis on the artistry of the works studied. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or
its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 2033. American Literary Masterpieces. 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. 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.
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: ENG 1023 or its
equivalent. 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
an emphasis on critical reading. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent.
Three lecture hours a 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 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, rhetoric, and
composition, with intensive practice. Prerequisites: Twelve 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: Twelve 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: Twelve
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: Twelve
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: Twelve 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: Twelve
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 novels and
short stories. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours
a week. Credit: Three hours.
ENG 3333. Major Plays of Shakespeare. A close reading
of Shakespeare’s major plays, with an examination of Shakespeare’s background
in the thought of the English Renaissance. Prerequisites: Twelve 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: Twelve
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: Twelve 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: Twelve 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: Twelve hours of English or permission
of instructor. Will not substitute for a sophomore literature course. Three
lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
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: Twelve 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:
Twelve 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:
Twelve 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: Twelve hours of
English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated
for credit when the topic varies.
ENG 4903. Selected Topics. Varied topics of literature:
a period, specific authors, specific themes. Prerequisites: Twelve 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: Twelve 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: Twelve hours of English or permission of instructor. Credit:
Three hours. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.
ENG 4953. Cooperative Education.
Graduate Courses
ENG 5033. Chaucer
ENG 5043. English Grammar and Syntax
ENG 5083. Bibliography and Research Methods
ENG 5143. Drama of the Restoration and the Eighteenth
Century
ENG 5153. Studies in Twentieth-Century American and British
Literature
*ENG 5163. Sociolinguistics
ENG 5213. Studies in the English Renaissance
ENG 5223. Studies in Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose
ENG 5233. Studies in the Literature of the Eighteenth
Century
ENG 5243. Studies in the Romantic Period
ENG 5253. Studies in the Victorian Period
ENG 5263. Studies in American Literature
ENG 5273. Studies in Fiction
ENG 5283. Studies in Literary Criticism
*ENG 5343. Rhetoric and
Composition: Theory and Practice
*ENG 5353. Rhetoric and
Composition: Theory and Practice of Electronic Texts
*ENG 5363. Studies in
Linguistics
ENG 5393. Women and American Literature
ENG 5703. Studies in Folklore
*ENG 5713. Old and Middle
English Language and Literature
ENG 5913. Individual Study
ENG 5973. Professional Paper
ENG 5983. Thesis
ENG 5993. Thesis
ENG 6033. Renaissance Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare
*ENG 6053. Professional
Writing
*ENG 6083. Research Methods
in Rhetoric and Composition
ENG 6123. Milton
*ENG 6203. History of
Rhetoric I
*ENG 6213. History of
Rhetoric II
*ENG 6313. Studies in
Rhetorical Criticism and Discourse Analysis
*ENG 6323. Studies in
Feminist Rhetoric
*ENG 6343. Major Rhetorical
Theories
*ENG 6733. Studies in
the Profession of Rhetoric and Composition
ENG 6913. Individual Study
ENG 6983. Dissertation
ENG 6993. Dissertation
SPEECH
Speech Undergraduate Courses
SPCH 1013. Oral Communication. (SPCH 1311) Elements
and processes of interpersonal communication in all modes. Small group
activities, oral interpretation of literature, and extemporaneous speaking.
Evaluative listening and speaking experience. Three lecture hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
SPCH 3203. Multicultural Communication. Theory
and practice of multicultural communication. Students explore American
co-cultures - including, but not limited to Native-Americans, African-Americans,
Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans - within the contexts of political
rhetoric, business communication, and education. Three lecture hours a
week. Credit: Three hours.
SPCH 3903. Political Communication and Women of Color.
Examines the rhetorical strategies and the cultural-historical differences
and similarities of women of color in the U.S. Focuses on race/ethnicity,
class and gender as socially and politically constructed and the influences
of various media used for political discourse and identity. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
SPCH 4913. Independent Study. Detailed study of
specialized topics in speech. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Credit: Three
hours. May be repeated for credit when the topic of investigation varies.
Spanish
Spanish may be selected as a minor field of study for
the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree. At least 18 semester
hours of credit in Spanish are required for a minor in Spanish. Six semester
hours must be at the advanced level. The department also offers courses
in support of the Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language
programs.
Foreign Language Undergraduate Courses
FL 1033. English for International Students. Three
lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
FL 1043. English for International Students. Continuation
of FL 1033. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
FL 2013. Mythology. A survey of world mythologies
and their global influence on the fine arts and literature. Prerequisite:
ENG 1013 and ENG 1023 or equivalents. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
FL 4913. Independent Study. For students in whose
program there is a need for study in an area not available to them otherwise
because of timing or schedule difficulties. Three lecture hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
Graduate Courses
FL 5043. English for International Students
FL 5913. Individual Study
French Undergraduate Courses
FR 1011. Audio-Lingual Practice. To be taken concurrently
with FR 1013. One lecture and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour.
FR 1013. Elementary French. (FREN 1311) For students
with no previous instruction in French. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
FR 1021. Audio-Lingual Practice. Continuation of
FR 1011. To be taken concurrently with FR 1023. Prerequisite: FR 1013.
One lecture and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour.
FR 1023. Elementary French. (FREN 1312) Continuation
of FR 1013. Prerequisite: FR 1013. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
FR 4911. Independent Study. For students in whose
program there is a need for foreign language study not available to them
otherwise because of timing or schedule difficulties. One lecture hour
and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour.
FR 4913. Independent Study. Selected topics in
French language and literature. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
Spanish Undergraduate Courses
SPAN 1011. Audio-Lingual Drill. (SPAN 1101)To be
taken concurrently with SPAN 1013. One lecture and one laboratory hour
a week. Credit: One hour.
SPAN 1013. Elementary Spanish. (SPAN 1313) For
students with no previous instruction in Spanish. A student who presents
two admission units in Spanish should enroll in Spanish 1033. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
SPAN 1021. Audio-Lingual Practice. Continuation
of SPAN 1011. To be taken concurrently with SPAN 1023. Prerequisite: SPAN
1013. One lecture and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour.
SPAN 1023. Elementary Spanish. (SPAN 1314) Continuation
of SPAN 1013. Prerequisite: SPAN 1013. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
SPAN 1033. Review of Grammar; Conversation; Reading.
Prerequisite: Two admission units in Spanish or SPAN 1023. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
SPAN 1043. Review of Grammar; Conversation; Reading.
Continuation of SPAN 1033. Prerequisite: SPAN 1033. Three lecture hours
a week. Credit: Three hours.
SPAN 3153. Spanish Grammar, Composition, and Literature
I. The development of writing and reading skills and vocabulary in
Spanish. Prerequisites: Three years of high school Spanish, twelve hours
of college-level Spanish, or permission of the instructor. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
SPAN 3163. Spanish Grammar, Composition, and Literature
II. Continuation of Spanish 3153. Prerequisite: Spanish 3153. Three
lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
SPAN 4911. Independent Study. For students in whose
program there is a need for foreign language study not available to them
otherwise because of timing or schedule difficulties. One lecture hour
and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour.
SPAN 4913. Independent Study. Selected studies
in Spanish language and literature. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
Graduate Courses
SPAN 5543. Spanish Instruction in the Content Areas
SPAN 5913. Individual Studies in Hispanic Language and
Literature
SPAN 5973. Professional Paper
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