2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

ENG 402 The Short Story

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. Analysis of modern short stories.

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ENG 403 Techniques of the Novel

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. A study of seven or eight important English and American novels to show different techniques used to reveal the novelists' artistic insight.

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ENG 410 Seminar in Literary History I

Prerequisites: ENG 195 or its equivalent. This course is designed to tie together the various strands of English and American literature through an extended survey of key works of literature, historical periods, and literary themes from the beginnings to 1800.

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ENG 411 Seminar in Literary History II

Prerequisites: ENG 195 or its equivalent. This course is designed to tie together the various strands of British and American literature through an extended survey of key works of literature, historical periods, and literary themes from 1800 to the present.

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ENG 414 Greek and Comparative Mythology

Greek myths as an important source of literary allusion and imagery and as a comparative vehicle to show what is common to all mythologies.

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ENG 419 English Linguistics

A survey of general linguistics as applied to the history of the English language. Includes vocabulary and dictionary study, regional and social dialects, semantics and pragmatics, childhood acquisition of language.

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ENG 420 Special Topics in Creative and Professional Writing

Prerequisites: ENG 319. Study of language choices in a wide variety of texts that meet specific rhetorical situations. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

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ENG 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

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ENG 430 Advanced Studies in World Literature, Folklore, or Mythology

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. This course asks students to engage critically with primary and secondary texts in World Literature, Folklore, or Mythology. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

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ENG 441 Colloquium in Literature

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. Intensive focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, or theme. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

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ENG 442 Advanced Creative Writing-Fiction

Prerequisites: ENG 342 and instructor's consent. An advanced workshop course focusing on short fiction. Emphasis on the analysis of the short story form and how it works.

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ENG 444 Advanced Creative Writing - Poetry

Prerequisites: ENG 344 and INSTRUCTOR CONSENT.  An advanced course in the reading and writing of poetry, with attention to different poetic forms and their history; the current publication scene in American poetry; an examination of print and on line journals; the preparation of a chapbook manuscript.  Includes intensive study of contemporary poetry in English as well as a sampling of contemporary world poetry in translation.  Includes poetry workshops almost every week.

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ENG 492 Writing Internship

Prerequisites: ENG 122, an ACT score of 30.0 or higher in English, or an SAT verbal score of 630 or higher; consent of writing minor program director. One semester of full-time work in professional writing in public or private agencies, such as state government offices, publishing companies, newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies or related organizations. Repeatable up to a maximum of three credits.

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ENG 495 Advanced Cultural Studies

Prerequisites: ENG 345 or ENG 347. An intensive study of one particular cultural phenomenon from a variety of critical perspectives. Repeatable, maximum of six credits, under different subtitles.

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ENG 497 Senior Seminar

Juniors or above. Detailed investigation of a specific author, period, text, or topic in literary studies, composition and rhetoric, or linguistics. Substantial research and at least one oral presentation required. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

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