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Curriculum - course list

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.
- [Ahmed] Salman Rushdie
(Is Nothing Sacred?)

Undergraduate Courses

  • ENG 101 Rhetoric and College Writing
  • ENG 102 College Writing and Civic Engagement
  • ENG 199 Writing Studio
  • ENG 201 Exploring Literature
  • ENG 234 Introduction to Film
  • ENG 235 Introduction to American Literature
  • ENG 236 Introduction to British Literature
  • ENG 237 Introduction to Literature
  • ENG 238 European Short Fiction
  • ENG 251 Introduction to Poetry
  • ENG 252 Introduction to Fiction
  • ENG 271 Introduction to Writing Poetry
  • ENG 275 Advanced Composition
  • ENG 311 Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
  • ENG 315 The British Victorian Novel
  • ENG 335 Early American Literature
  • ENG 336 American Literature: 1865 - Present
  • ENG 339 European Cinema
  • ENG 355 Literature and the Bible
  • ENG 359 Mythology
  • ENG 360 Topics in English Studies
  • ENG 375 Expository Writing
  • ENG 379 Writing in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • ENG 380 Introduction to Literary Genres
  • ENG 400 The Shakespeare Project
  • ENG 401 Chaucer and His Era
  • ENG 402 Milton
  • ENG 403 Arthurian Literature
  • ENG 410 Major Figures in British Literature: 1700 to 1900
  • ENG 411 The British Novel from Defoe to Austen
  • ENG 413 The British Romantics
  • ENG 414 Poetry and Prose of the Victorian Age
  • ENG 415 The British Novel from Dickens to Hardy
  • ENG 420 Major Figures in British Literature since 1900
  • ENG 421 Modern British Literature
  • ENG 422 Contemporary British Literature
  • ENG 430 Six Contemporary Poets
  • ENG 435 American Literature 1820-65
  • ENG 436 The American Novel, 1865-1915
  • ENG 438 African-American Literature
  • ENG 439 Symbolist Movement in Europe
  • ENG 440 Major Figures in American Literature since 1900
  • ENG 441 Literature Between the Wars
  • ENG 442 Contemporary American Novel
  • ENG 445 Midwestern Literature
  • ENG 446 Literature and Culture of Early America
  • ENG 451 Fedor Dostoevsky
  • ENG 452 Fedor Doestoevsky & the Church
  • ENG 460 Themes in Literature
  • ENG 461 Major Women Writers
  • ENG 465 History of the English Language
  • ENG 468 European Literature: Ancient Greek and Biblical Motifs
  • ENG 470 Creative Writing
  • ENG 471 Creating Writing: Nonfiction
  • ENG 474 Professional and Technical Writing
  • ENG 475 Writing Essays and Reviews
  • ENG 477 Literary Heroines from Around the World
  • ENG 478 Theory and Practice of Composition and Rhetoric in the American University  
  • ENG 480 Literary Genres
  • ENG 485 Classics in Children's Literature
  • ENG 489 Capstone to Literary Study
  • ENG 499 Undergraduate Tutorial

ECCE Courses

  • ENG 150 ECCE: Topics in World Literature
  • ENG 151 ECCE: World Literature, East West: An Introduction
  • ENG 152 ECCE: Introduction to World Literature
  • ENG 330 ECCE: Global Awareness: Topics in English Studies
  • ENG 340 ECCE: U.S. Communities: Topics in English Studies
  • ENG 361 ECCE: From China to Chinese America
  • ENG 361 ECCE: Interdisciplinary Study of Work
  • ENG 370 ECCE: Engagement Experience: Topics in English Studies
  • ENG 378 ECCE: Effective Tutoring through Service-Learning
  • ENG 458 ECCE: Memoirs Across Cultures

Graduate Courses

  • ENG 510 Seminar: Major Figures
  • ENG 550 Special Topics in Composition and Rhetoric
  • ENG 555 Literary Theory and Criticism
  • ENG 560 Seminar: Literary Period
  • ENG 570 Advanced Creative Writing
  • ENG 572 Graduate Colloquium: Research Methods
  • ENG 575 Writing the Long Essay and the Nonfiction Chapter
  • ENG 578 Rhetoric, Reality, and Epistemology
  • ENG 580 Seminar: Literary Genres
  • ENG 587 Comprehensive Examination
  • ENG 588 Comprehensive Examination Continuing Enrollment
  • ENG 589 Thesis/Creative Writing Project
  • ENG 590 Thesis/Project Continuing Enrollment
  • ENG 599 Graduate Tutorial

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