Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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 and Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

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

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 211 Survey of American Literature

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.
3

Course Attribute

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

ENG 213 Survey of British Literature I

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.
3

Course Attribute

LAA2-Arts&Hum-Lit&Humanities 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

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.
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 225 Communications on a Theme

Topics for writing chosen from ideas of historical influence and/or contemporary problems.
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

LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm and GT Intermediate Composition and Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course may be repeated 2 times

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

Course Attribute

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

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

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 Masterpieces of World Literature

Focusing on works of global literature, 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 global cultures.
3

Course Attribute

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

Repeatable Status

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

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 264 Western World Literature II

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.
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-

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course