Extensive practice in writing clear and effective academic prose with special attention to purpose, audience, organization, and style. Instruction in critical analysis and revision.
Instruction in diction, style, logical analysis, research techniques and organization of college level research papers.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122)
The study of selected poetry, plays and works of fiction with an emphasis on developing skills in analysis, interpretation and critical thinking.
This one-hour composition enrichment course provides supplemental academic instruction with an emphasis on the relationship of reading and grammar to writing. Students who have scored below 18 on ACT in English, below 470 on SAT in English, and/or have below a 2.75 cumulative high school GPA are encouraged to enroll in this course.
ENG 122
Study of a specific topic designed to train students in the writing and research skills integral to the discipline of English.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122)
An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama.
(A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of C-)
Course exposes students to genre, technologies, and skills needed for professional /technical writers. Units include grant/proposal writing, documentation writing, usability testing, user manuals, and resumes.
(A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, with a focus on different forms. Includes intensive study of examples of creative nonfiction.
(A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
Focus on literature by and/or about children.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
Study of the riches of world mythology and folklore in translation. Course content will be designated by subtitle.
Study of American Literature from its beginning to the present. Emphasizes the cultural, historical appreciation of selected representative works and contribution of the literature to contemporary life and thought.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
Chronological survey of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 18th century. This literature will be considered from various perspectives, but with constant attention to its historical context.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
Survey of British literature from the Romantic Period to the present. Emphasizes close reading of selected major works in historical context.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
This course introduces English linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition) with an emphasis on application to young English language learners.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-) and completion of the LAC category 1b.
An examination of the interaction of language with society and the individual, including how language establishes power, gender, and social identity.
Study of the fundamentals and practice of rhetoric and writing. Topics include orality and literacy, writing genres, language play, and writing in a post-factual world.
(A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
Topics for writing chosen from ideas of historical influence and/or contemporary problems.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122)
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.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
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.
ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-
Introduce themes and ideas in ethnic American literature by studying representative authors of one or more U.S. ethnicities.
Investigation, from a feminist perspective, of writing by or about women. Figures, nationalities, genres and periods will vary with subtitles.
An introduction to the mechanisms of fiction, with a focus on style and voice. Includes intensive study of contemporary short fiction written in English.
An introduction to screenwriting for film and television. Students will study oral and written pitches, formal treatments, and screenplay structure and format..
(A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
An introduction to the reading and writing of poetry, with a focus on different poetic forms. Includes intensive study of contemporary poetry in English.
(A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
An introduction to Shakespearse's works for non-majors, including poetry, history, comedy, tragedy, and romance. Includes analyses of selected theatrical productions and film adaptations.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
Study of the riches of world literature in translation. Course content will be designated by one of the following subtitles: Continental Masterpieces, Masterpieces of Russian Literature, Masterpieces of the Orient.
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.
Study of the modern 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.
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."
ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-
An intermediate creative nonfiction course. Emphasis on reading and writing personal essays that could be submitted for publication.
ENG 203: with minimum grade of D-
An in-depth study of Shakespeare's histories and comedies, as well as relevant plays, poetry and prose by contemporary authors. Includes background on literary and theatrical history, and recent criticism.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122)
An in-depth study of Shakespeare's tragedies and romances, as well as related plays by his contemporaries. Includes background on literary and theatrical history, and recent criticism.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122)
An in-depth study of Shakespeare's non-dramatic works, as well as related poetry by his contemporaries. Includes background on literary history and recent criticism.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122)
Describes English as treated by traditional grammarians, structuralists and transformationalists. Topics range from word classes, tense and voice, to operations and processes underlying modern grammar.
This advanced writing course is designed to help students study and employ rhetorical concepts that will enable them to write persuasively in a variety of contexts.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122) and completion of the LAC category 1b.
Students will study the history of English from its origins as a Germanic and Indo-European language to the present, with special focus on historical development of modern English varieties.
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.
Course introduces students to the combination of knowledge, practice, and skills needed to edit professional, peer, and their own writing.
(A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-)
This course introduces professional genres and technologies. Students compose a green paper, documentation, and a usability report. Technologies include Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. The class requires no previous technology experience.
In-depth study of contemporary Chicana/o literature and theory. Course will be thematic and will focus on the disciplinary and cultural connections between the literary, the aesthetic, and the theoretical.
ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-
Study and interpretation of sacred texts, including sections from Hebrew, Christian, and Apocryphal scriptures, using cultural, historical, and literary hermeneutics.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122: with minimum grade of D-) and completion of the LAC category 1b.
An intermediate workshop course focusing on short fiction. Emphasis on the analysis of the short story form and how it works.
ENG 242: with minimum grade of D-
Intermediate study of the screenplay's elements, including premise, plot, subplot, theme, conflict, character, dialogue, and transitions. Students will learn the correct format for a professional screenplay.
ENG 243: with minimum grade of D-
An intermediate workshop course focusing on poetry. Emphasis on the analysis of and experimentation with poetic form, and different voices.
ENG 244: with minimum grade of D-
This course introduces students to major issues and movements in literary theory and criticism, such as structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, theories of gender and sexuality, and post-colonial theory.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D- and (ENG 349: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 350: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 351: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 352: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 353: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 354: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 355: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 356: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 370: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 371: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 372: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 373: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 374: with minimum grade of D-)
A historical survey of the development of cultural studies. The investigation of culture as a symbolic practice, and the various critical methodologies used to interpret cultural texts.
This course is designed to introduce students to the literature and language of the Anglo-Saxon period. Some works will be read in translation and some in Old English.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course provides a survey of early American literature from the age of exploration through the American Revolution.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course examines major movements in literature and culture in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Major authors will include Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Douglass, Whitman, & Dickinson.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course examines major movements in literature and culture in the decades between 1865 and 1900 focusing on American realism and the making of America.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
A study of Modernism and Postmodernism in twentieth-century American literature, with particular emphasis on innovations in literary form.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course provides a survey of late nineteenth through early twenty-first century American literature focusing on the themes of globalization and diaspora.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
Explore human relationships with nature writing from various periods and cultures. Economic, scientific, philosophic and religious attitudes emerge from attitudes about nature. Do these influence human treatment of natural things? Explore human relationships with nature writing from various periods and cultures. Economic, scientific, philosophic and religious attitudes emerge from attitudes about nature. Do these influence human treatment of natural things?
This course is designed to introduce students to the literature and language of the Middle English period through a historical approach in order to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the distinction and relationship between text and context.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
Discuss significant literary movements, genres, and themes of Tudor and Stuart England. Possible themes include: "Renaissance epic from Spenser to Milton" and "Sex, money, and gender in early modern England."
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course explores the ways in which eighteenth century literature engaged with and reflected on Britain’s emergence as a leading colonial and mercantilist power, the New Sciences, party politics, and notions of the modern self, among many other related topics.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course will explore topics related to Romantic-era literature and culture in Britain from roughly the period 1798-1832.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course will explore topics related to Victorian-era literature and culture in Britain from roughly the period 1832-1901.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
Study of British fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and A/V texts from WWI to present. Emphasis on social, cultural, and political contexts that shape literary movements and production. Authors may include Shaw, Joyce, Yeats, Kazuo Ishiguro, China Mièville, and Zadie Smith.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
Focus on a critical, rhetorical,or literary problem or theme.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122) and completion of the LAC category 1b.
This course allows students to explore a specific problematic in literary theory and criticism, drawing from more than one theoretical movement, such as structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, theories of gender and sexuality, and post-colonial theory. May or may not involve reading literary texts.
ENG 345: with minimum grade of D-
Analysis of modern short stories.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D- and ENG 345: with minimum grade of D-
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.
Study of language choices in a wide variety of texts that meet specific rhetorical situations.
ENG 319: with minimum grade of D-
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Content includes the history of scholarly editing, study of different editorial approaches and principles, and the construction of a digital scholarly edition.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D-
This course reviews professional design software and expands knowledge of visual rhetoric and design. Students prepare for the job market by assembling a professional portfolio via a CMS site.
ENG 229: with minimum grade of D-
This course asks students to engage critically with primary and secondary texts in World Literature, Folklore, or Mythology.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D- and ENG 345: with minimum grade of D-
Intensive focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, theme, genre or individual author.
ENG 195: with minimum grade of D- and ENG 345: with minimum grade of D-
An advanced workshop course focusing on short fiction. Emphasis on the analysis of the short story form and how it works.
ENG 342: with minimum grade of D-
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.
ENG 344: with minimum grade of D-
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.
(S01-SAT Verbal: with minimum score of 630 or A01-ACT English: with minimum score of 30 or S13-READING TEST SCORE: with minimum score of 34 or ENG 122)
An intensive study of one particular cultural phenomenon from a variety of critical perspectives.
(ENG 345: with minimum grade of D- or ENG 347: with minimum grade of D-)