Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of English

Before students register for ENG 122, they are strongly encouraged to take the First-Year Composition Directed Self-Placement Survey. Student DSP scores will determine whether they are advised to take:

  • ENG 122: College Composition (3 credit hours, LAW1-Introductory Writing course, GtP CO-1), or
  • ENG 122: College Composition (3 credit hours, LAW1-Introductory Writing course, GtP CO-1) with ENG 132: Composition Enrichment (1 credit hour, corequisite support)

For additional information about Writing Program Placement or about the DSP, please contact the Writing Program Administrator, wpa@unco.edu

ENG 122 College Composition

Extensive practice in writing clear and effective academic prose with special attention to purpose, audience, organization, and style. Instruction in critical analysis and revision.
3

Course Attribute

LAW1-Introductory Written Comm and GT Intro to Writing

ENG 123 Writing and Research Methods

Instruction in research writing techniques and processes.

3

Prerequisites

(ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- 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, Spring, and/or Summer Annually

Course Attribute

LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm and GT Intermediate Composition

ENG 131 Introduction to Literature

The study of selected poetry, plays and works of fiction with an emphasis on developing skills in analysis, interpretation and critical thinking.
3

Course Attribute

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

ENG 132 College Composition Enrichment

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.
1

Corequisites

ENG 122

ENG 195 Introduction to the Discipline of English

Study of a specific topic designed to train students in the writing and research skills integral to the discipline of English.
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 122 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)

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

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

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

ENG 301 Writing as a Job

Course exposes students to generic knowledge, technologies, and skills needed for professional /technical writers. Units include grant/proposal writing, usability testing, user manuals, and resumes.
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 123 or ENG 225 with a minimum grade of D-)

Course Attribute

Community Engaged Learning

ENG 302 Cultures, Community & Civic Advocacy

Emphasizes communication practices of advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations with an orientation toward culture and its influence on community-engaged writing; focus on relations among power, cultures, communities, and rhetorical action.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

ENG 303 Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction

An intermediate creative nonfiction course. Emphasis on reading and writing personal essays that could be submitted for publication.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 203 with a minimum grade of D-

ENG 310 Literature and the Nation

A study of literary texts (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and A/V materials) from and/or about a particular nation or geographic/ethnic region with emphasis on innovations in literary form and the social, cultural, national, and political contexts that shape literary movements and production.

3

Prerequisites

ENG 195 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or 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

ENG 319 Writing and Rhetorical Theory

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.
3

Prerequisites

(Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course) and (ENG 122 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 323 Advanced Argument

Instruction in advanced analysis and production of upper-level college arguments, including extended application of rhetorical and discourse theory. This course emphasizes revision and reflective writing. 
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 123 or ENG 225 with a minimum grade of D- or Completion of GT Intermediate Composition Course)

Course Attribute

LAW3-Advanced Written Comm and GT Advanced Composition

ENG 325 Studies in Fantasy and Science 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.
3

ENG 327 Editing for Print Publication

Course introduces students to the combination of knowledge, practice, and skills needed to edit professional, peer, and their own writing for print publication.

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)

Offered

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

ENG 328 Professional Writing and Document Design

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.
3

ENG 330 Studies in a Genre or Author

This course explores a specific genre (e.g. the gothic novel, the epic poem, the closet drama) or author (e.g. Jane Austen, Claudia Rankine, Jeremy O. Harris). Content depends on instructor.

3

Prerequisites

ENG 195 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or 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

ENG 342 Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction

An intermediate workshop course focusing on short fiction. Emphasis on the analysis of the short story form and how it works.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 242 with a minimum grade of D-

ENG 344 Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry

An intermediate workshop course focusing on poetry. Emphasis on the analysis of and experimentation with poetic form, and different voices.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 244 with a minimum grade of D-

ENG 345 Literary Theory and Criticism

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.

3

Prerequisites

ENG 295 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

ENG 365 Identity, Language, and Power

This course examines the relationship between the production of language, the formation of diverse cultural identities, and the exercise of forms of power in the context of cultural forms broadly understood.

3

Prerequisites

ENG 195 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or 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

ENG 375 Literature and the Environment

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?
3

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ENG 375 and ENST 375

ENG 376 Multiethnic Literatures of the Americas

Multiethnic Literatures of the Americas is a variable titled course that focuses on literature written by and about a specific ethnic population in the Americas. Students will examine literature as cultural archive, socio-cultural critique, and cultural reflection.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 195 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

ENG 390 Adaptations and Transmediation

This course explores participatory culture, adaptation, and transmediation by focusing on one specific author's career as reader and writer.

3

Prerequisites

ENG 195 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or 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

ENG 395 Studies in Literature, Theory and Writing

Focus on a critical, rhetorical, or literary problem or theme.
3

Prerequisites

(ENG 122 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) and (Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course)

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

ENG 400 Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Theory

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.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 345 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

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

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.
3

ENG 420 Special Topics in Creative and Professional Writing

Writing-intensive explorations of key concepts or emerging scholarship in the fields of rhetoric, composition, professional writing, and/or creative writing.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 301 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

ENG 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
1- 3

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

ENG 427 Digital Editing

Content includes the history of scholarly editing, study of different editorial approaches and principles, and the construction of a digital scholarly edition.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 195 with a minimum grade of D-

ENG 429 Rhetoric and Technology

This course explores emerging scholarship on writing and design technologies. Beyond exposing students to applications that they will encounter as professional writers, the course explores the ontological, epistemological, material, and ethical transformations that new communicative technologies engender.

3

Prerequisites

(ENG 220 or ENG 301 with a minimum grade of D-)

Offered

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

ENG 441 Colloquium in Literature

Intensive focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, theme, genre or individual author.

3

Prerequisites

(ENG 345 or ENG 319 with a minimum grade of D-)

Offered

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

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

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

ENG 492 Writing Internship

One semester of work in public or private agencies, such as state government offices, non-profit organizations, publishing companies, newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies or related organizations. 135 hours across the semester for 3 credits. Pro-rated hours for 1 and 2 credit versions.
1-3

Prerequisites

(GPA-3.0) and (ENG 123 with a minimum grade of D-)

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

ENG 495 Advanced Cultural Studies

An intensive study of one particular cultural phenomenon from a variety of critical perspectives.

3

Prerequisites

(ENG 319 or ENG 345 with a minimum grade of D-)

Offered

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

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

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