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Course Overview
See English course descriptions from our catalog for more information
Students majoring in English
- Introductory Core Courses
- EN 11: Texts and Contexts I: Writing As Craft and Inquiry
- EN 12: Texts and Contexts II: Writing About Literature
- Literature Courses
For a table of Literature Courses, Areas, and Historical Periods, click here: Literature Courses and Areas - Writing Courses
- EN/W 100: Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition
- EN/W 200: Creative Writing
- EN/W 202: Creative Writing: Poetry I
- EN/W 204: Creative Writing: Drama
- EN/W 205: Creative Writing: Fiction I
- EN/W 206: Creative Writing: Nonfiction I
- EN/W 214: Professional Presentations: Writing and Delivery
- EN/W 220: News Writing
- EN/W 221: Digital Journalism
- EN/W 222: Journalism Editing and Design
- EN/W 290: Writing and Responding
- EN/W 302: Creative Writing: Poetry II
- EN/W 305: Creative Writing: Fiction II
- EN/W 311: Teaching and Writing
- EN/W 317: Teaching and Learning Grammar
- EN/W 320: Writing the Feature Story
- EN/W 323: Photojournalism I
- EN/W 327: Photojournalism II: Documenting The Community
- EN/W 329: Issues in News Writing
- EN/W 330: Literary Journalism
- EN/W 332: Business Writing
- EN/W 335: Technical Writing
- EN/W 336: Issues in Professional Writing
- EN/W 337: Multimedia Writing
- EN/W 338: Persuasive Writing
- EN/W 339: Grant and Proposal Writing
- EN/W 340: The World of Publishing
- EN/W 345/346: Fall/Spring English Internship
- EN/W 347/348: Fall/Spring Independent Writing Project
- EN/W 350: Special Topics: Writing
- EN/W 397: Journalism Practicum
Literature Areas & Historical Periods
Literature Areas and Historical Periods (see catalog for descriptions)
Former Number
|
Areas
(old major) |
Historical Period
(A=Pre 1800; B=Post 1800) |
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EN 101 | Gateway to Literary and Cultural Studies |
III IV V
|
B
|
|
EN 102 | Introduction to Contemporary World Literature |
EN 263
|
III IV V
|
B
|
EN 103 | Fairy Tales |
II IV
|
B
|
|
EN 105 | African Diaspora: Literature and Culture |
III V
|
B
|
|
EN 106 CL 103 |
Masterpieces of Greek Lit in English Translation |
EN 203
|
I
|
A
|
EN 107 CL 104 |
Masterpieces of Roman Lit in English Translation |
EN 204
|
I
|
A
|
EN 108 CL121 |
Myth in Classical Literature |
EN 221
|
I IV
|
A
|
EN 109 CL 122 |
Greek Tragedy in English Translation |
EN 222
|
I IV
|
A
|
EN 110 | Major Works of European Literature |
EN 265
|
V
|
A
|
EN 111 | International Short Fiction |
EN 285
|
III IV
|
B
|
EN 112 | 19th Century Russian Novel & World Literature |
EN 266
|
II IV
|
B
|
EN 113 | Literature of the Holocaust |
EN 290
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 114 FR 295 |
Caribbean Lit: History, Culture, Identity |
EN 295
|
V
|
B
|
EN 115 IT 289 |
Dante |
EN 257
|
I
|
A
|
EN 116 IT 262 |
Rome in the Cultural Imagination | I II III V |
A
|
|
EN 117 FR 260 |
Introduction to Francophone Sub-Saharan African Culture |
III V
|
B
|
|
EN 118 AN 150 |
Modern China Through Fiction and Film |
IV V
|
B
|
|
EN 119 AN 152 |
The City and Modern China |
IV V
|
B
|
|
EN 120 TA 123 |
American Women Playwrights |
IV
|
B
|
|
EN 121 | American Literature & The Environment |
EN 274
|
II III IV
|
B
|
EN 122 | The Frontier in American Literature |
EN 271
|
II
|
B
|
EN 123 | Colonial Contacts & Flights |
III IV
|
B
|
|
EN 124 | American Literature: Myths & Legends |
EN 270
|
II
|
B
|
EN 125 TA 120 |
American Drama |
EN 264
|
IV
|
B
|
EN 126 | American Social Protest Literature |
EN 277
|
II V
|
B
|
EN 131 | Contemporary Women Writers of Color |
EN 284
|
II IV V
|
B
|
EN 141 | Imagining Shakespeare |
EN 255
|
I
|
A
|
EN 152 | Myths & Legends of Ireland & Britain |
EN 256
|
I IV
|
A
|
EN 143 | The "Greenworld": English Lit and the Environment |
I V
|
A
|
|
EN 161 | Irish Literature |
EN 279
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 162 | Irish Women Writers |
EN 278
|
V
|
B
|
EN 171 | Literature and the Visual Arts |
II V
|
B
|
|
EN 172 | Literacy and Language |
EN 249
|
B
|
|
200 Level | (Prerequisite: A 100-level course or Instructor's permission) | |||
EN 200 | Special Topics in Genre Studies: (new) | |||
EN 202 | American Poetry |
EN 352
|
IV
|
B
|
EN 203 | The Novel (new) | |||
EN 204 | Introduction to the British Novel |
EN 364
|
II III IV
|
B
|
EN 205 | Writing the Self: Autobiography in America |
EN362
|
IV V
|
B
|
Surveys in British Literature | ||||
EN 210 | Special Topics in British Surveys: (new) | |||
EN 211 | Age of Chaucer (new) |
A
|
||
EN 212 | Intro to Renaissance Studies (new) | |||
EN 213 | Shakespeare 1 |
EN 355
|
I
|
A
|
EN 214 | Shakespeare 11 |
EN 356
|
I
|
A
|
EN 215 | Introduction to British 18th Century Literature |
EN 259, EN 361
|
I
|
A
|
EN 216 | The Victorian Epoch |
EN 275
|
II IV
|
B
|
EN 217 | Romantics, Victorians, Moderns: British Literature 1800-1950 |
EN 252
|
II IV
|
B
|
EN 218 | 20th Century British Literature |
EN 267
|
III V
|
B
|
Surveys in American Literature | ||||
EN 230 | Special topics in American Literature: (new) | |||
EN 231 | American Literature, pre-19th century (new) | |||
EN 232 | American Literature, 19th century (new) | |||
EN 233 | American Literature, 20th Century to the Present (new) | |||
EN 234 | American Women Writers of the 19th Century |
II V
|
B
|
|
EN 235 | American Women Writers of the 20th Century (new) | |||
Postcolonial Literature and Studies | ||||
EN 250 | Special Topics in Postcolonial Literatures: (new) | |||
African American Literatures | ||||
EN 260 | Special Topics in African-American Literature (new) | |||
EN 261 | The African American Literary Tradition |
EN 253
|
II III V
|
B
|
EN 262 | The Harlem Renaissance |
EN 339
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 263 | African American Woman Writers |
EN 371
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 264 | African American Fiction 1940 to the Present |
EN 344
|
III IV V
|
B
|
Comparative and Transnational Literatures | ||||
EN 270 | Special Topics in Comparative and Transnational Literatures: (new) | |||
EN 271 | Comparative Renaissance Literature |
EN 353
|
I V
|
A
|
EN 272 | Literature of the Americas (new) | |||
EN 273 | Trans-Atlantic Literature and Culture (new) | |||
EN 274 | Modernism in World Literature |
EN 397
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 275 | Modern Women Writers |
EN 289
|
III IV V
|
B
|
Ethnic American Literature | ||||
EN 280 | Special Topics in Ethnic American Literature: (new) | |||
EN 281 | Native American Literature |
EN 386
|
V
|
B
|
EN 282 | Introduction to Latin@Literature |
EN 280
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 283 | Novels and Films in the Asian Diaspora: Challenges to Citizenship |
EN 286
|
III IV V
|
B
|
Thematic Courses | ||||
EN 290 | Special Thematic Topics: (new) | |||
EN 291 | Gender & Sexuality in Film & Literature |
EN 335
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 292 | Contemporary Children's Literature |
III
|
B
|
|
300 Level | Advanced Studies in Genre | |||
EN 300 | Special topics in Advanced Genre Studies (new) | |||
EN 301 | Narratology (new) | |||
EN 302 | Poetics (new) | |||
EN 303 | Renaissance Lyric (new) | |||
EN 304 | Advanced Studies in the Novel: Morrison (new) | |||
EN 309 | Modern and Contemporary Drama |
EN 376
|
III IV
|
B
|
Advanced Studies in British Literature | ||||
EN 310 | Special Topics in Advanced British Literature: (new) | |||
EN 311 | Chaucer's Canterbury Tales |
EN 352
|
I
|
A
|
EN 312 | Medieval English Drama |
EN 360
|
I IV
|
A
|
EN 313 | Renaissance Political Theory (new) | |||
EN 314 | Renaissance Eros |
EN 354
|
I V
|
A
|
EN 315 | Advanced Studies in 18th Century Literature (new) | |||
EN 316 | Theoretical Readings of 19th Century Novel |
EN 336, EN 364
|
II IV V
|
B
|
EN 317 | Advanced Studies in 20th Century British Literature |
EN 374
|
III IV
|
B
|
EN 318 | British Literary Modernism (new) | |||
EN 319 | James Joyce |
EN 393
|
III IV
|
B
|
EN 321 | Life & Print Culture in 18th Century London |
EN 276
|
I V
|
A
|
Advanced Studies in American Literature | ||||
EN 330 | Special Topics in Advanced American Literature: (new) | |||
EN 331 | Early American Literature (new) | |||
EN 332 | American Romanticism |
EN 381
|
II
|
B
|
EN 333 | American Realism and Naturalism |
EN 382
|
II
|
B
|
EN 334 | American Modernism |
III IV V
|
B
|
|
EN 335 | Contemporary American Literature and Culture |
EN 383
|
III IV V
|
B
|
Theory | ||||
EN 350 | Special Topics in Theory: (new) | |||
EN 351 | Introduction to Literary Theory |
EN 337
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 352 | Introduction to Cultural Studies |
EN 349
|
III V
|
B
|
EN 353 | Representations |
EN 345
|
IV V
|
B
|
EN 354 | Theories of Globalization |
EN 287
|
III IV V
|
B
|
EN 355 | Gender Theory |
EN 338
|
III V
|
B
|
Advanced Thematic Studies | ||||
EN 370 | Special Topics in Advanced Thematic Studies (new) | |||
EN 371 | Comedy |
EN 372
|
IV
|
A
|
EN 372 | All About Eve |
EN 357
|
I IV V
|
A
|
EN 373 | Literature for Young Adults |
EN 305
|
IV
|
B
|
EN 374 | The Woman Question |
EN 346
|
II V
|
B
|
EN 375 | Caribbean Women Writers |
EN 396
|
III IV V
|
B
|
EN 376 | Global Women's Fiction |
EN 398
|
III IV V
|
B
|
EN 377 | Urban Texts & Contexts |
EN 392
|
III IV V
|
B
|
EN 390 | Literature and Cultural Studies Capstone | |||
EN 399 | Independent Study |
Notes:
Independent Study, Special Topics, and LCS Capstone courses can satisfy an Area or Historical Period, based on its focus. Consult with professor.
The large number and variety of literature courses offered abroad are not listed here. Consult with Chair on Area or Historical Period equivalence.