Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

ENG 200 Introduction to Creative Writing

An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama.
3

Course Attribute

LAA1-Arts&Hum-Arts&Expression and GT Arts

ENG 203 Creative Writing: Nonfiction

An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, with a focus on different forms. Includes intensive study of examples of creative nonfiction.
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)

ENG 204 Children's Literature

Focus on literature by and/or about children.
3

ENG 205 World Folklore and Fairy Tales

The study of tales, legends and other lore passed on orally or by customary example in groups bound by common background or experience. Subtitle may indicate specific group or groups.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAIS-International Studies and GT Literature

ENG 206 Regional Mythologies

The study of different perspectives used to approach regional mythologies with an emphasis on specific cultural implications, universal themes, moral dimensions and ethical consequences that emerge from the narratives.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAIS-International Studies and GT Literature

ENG 207 Native American Literature

Introduce themes and ideas in Indigenous North American literature by studying representative works from authors of one or more Indigenous ethnicities.

3

Special Notes

ENG 207 cannot be retaken for credit if ENG 236 "AH2-Native Amer Literature" title was taken in Spring 2021, Fall 2021 or Spring 2022.

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ENG 207 and ENG 236

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAMS-Multicultural Studies and GT Literature

ENG 216 Grammar and Style

This course introduces students to language strategies that will allow them to recognize and use a variety of grammatical and stylistic choices, and to understand the rhetorical effects of those choices on their readers.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

ENG 217 Studies in Young Adult Literature

This course explores literature written for and about young adults (approx. ages 12-18), including concentration on a particular writer, a theme, or a historical study of the genre, with an emphasis on global diversity and multiculturalism.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and/or Summer - Check with department/school for next offering

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAIS-International Studies and GT Literature

ENG 218 Introduction to Linguistics

This course introduces English linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition) with an emphasis on application to young English language learners.
3

ENG 219 Language and Society

An examination of the interaction of language with society and the individual, including how language establishes power, gender, and social identity.
3

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours

ENG 220 Writing, Transformation, and Change

This course introduces students to current trends in writing and rhetoric including concepts of remix, assemblage, remediation, and circulation. Emphasizes historical and current practices for producing public-facing writing that engages communities and power.  

3

Prerequisites

ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Spring Annually

ENG 225 Research Writing for Contemporary Culture

Instruction in research processes focused on contemporary issues in culture

3

Prerequisites

ENG 122 or ACT score of 30.0 or higher in English or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 630 or higher or a recommendation from the Directed Self-Placement survey

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm and GT Intermediate Composition

ENG 227 Technical Writing

Analysis of sentence structure, order of presentation and use of illustration in writing essential for the technician, engineer, scientist, with emphasis on arranging and stating information clearly.
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)

ENG 229 Professional Writing and Digital Video

This course develops proficiency with digital video production. It is designed as an introductory course to filmmaking, rhetorical theory, and visual rhetoric and design principles.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D-

ENG 230 Introduction to Comics and Graphic Novels

An introduction to comics and the graphic novel in the United States. Emphasis on visual form, narrative structure, and the impact of new social movements on content.
3

Course Attribute

LAA1-Arts&Hum-Arts&Expression and GT Arts

ENG 231 Analyzing Video Games

This introductory course explores the aesthetics of video games, their representations of race, gender, and sexuality, and their increasingly complex moral and ethical decision-making scenarios. 
3

Course Attribute

LAA1-Arts&Hum-Arts&Expression and GT Arts

ENG 232 Multicultural Speculative Fiction

Different approaches to the literature of wonder, including concentration on a particular writer, a theme such as women in science fiction, or a historical study of the genre, with an emphasis on multiculturalism.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and/or Summer - Check with department/school for next offering

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAMS-Multicultural Studies and GT Literature

ENG 236 Ethnic American Literature

Introduce themes and ideas in ethnic American literature by studying representative authors of one or more U.S. ethnicities.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring every other year - Check with department/school for next offering

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAMS-Multicultural Studies and GT Literature

ENG 242 Creative Writing-Fiction

An introduction to the mechanisms of fiction, with a focus on style and voice. Includes intensive study of contemporary short fiction written in English.
3

ENG 243 Creative Writing: Screenwriting

An introduction to screenwriting for film and television. Students will study oral and written pitches, formal treatments, and screenplay structure and format.
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)

ENG 244 Creative Writing: Poetry

An introduction to the reading and writing of poetry, with a focus on different poetic forms. Includes intensive study of contemporary poetry in English.
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)

ENG 250 Introduction to Shakespeare

An introduction to Shakespeare's works for non-majors, including poetry, history, comedy, tragedy, and romance. Includes analyses of selected theatrical productions and film adaptations.
3

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and GT Literature

ENG 262 Literary Voices from Around the World

Focusing on works of literature in translation, this course explores the varied artistic modes in and through which writers have situated themselves in the world, allowing us to understand the roots of today's interconnected and global cultures.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAIS-International Studies and GT Literature

ENG 263 Western World Literature I

Study of the early literature of Europe and the Americas in translation. Emphasizes the cultural, historical, and formal appreciation of selected representative works and contribution of the literature to contemporary life and thought.
3

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities and LAIS-International Studies and GT Literature

ENG 295 Approaches to Literary and Cultural Analysis

An in-depth examination of a specific concept or practice in literary and cultural studies. Topics may include "Intertextuality," "Voice," "Social class and social capital," "Allegory."

3

Prerequisites

ENG 195 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Spring Annually

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours