Chair: Terrence Cheng (Carman Hall, Room 302B)
Graduate Coordinator: Grace Russo Bullaro (Carman Hall, Room 390)
Department Faculty: Distinguished Professor: William Collins; Professors: Walter Blanco, Mario DiGangi, Anne Humpherys, Gerhard Joseph, Mary Papazian, Sondra Perl, Mardi Valgemae,Scott Westrem; Associate Professors: James Anderson, Nathalie Bailey, Grace Russo Bullaro, Terrence Cheng, Patricia Cockram, Walter Dubler, William G. Fisher, Paula Loscocco, Michael R. Paull, Jessica Yood; Assistant Professors: Daniel Bautista, Salita Bryant, Clement Dunbar, Paula Loscocco, Janis Massa, Margot Mifflin, Tyler Schmidt; Lecturers: Robert Carling, Marsham Castro, Deirdre O'Boy
The Department of English offers students the opportunity to gain a thorough knowledge of literature written in English; to develop expertise in literary exposition and criticism; to learn the fundamentals of linguistics; and to acquire basic professional skills in writing, editing, and proofreading. The specializations that students in the Department may choose are Literature, Professional Writing, and Creative Writing. The Department also participates in the interdisciplinary programs in Women's Studies and Comparative Literature.
All students, including transfer students, must take ENG 110 and ENG 120 (Priniciples of Effective Writing I and II), unless exempted. (Students transferring to Lehman from a CUNY Community College with an A.A., A.S., or A.A.S. degree are deemed to have met this requirement.) Entry into ENG 110 and 120 is based on placement determined by the English Department. Every student should enroll in the appropriate English composition course each semester until English 120 is passed.
31-43 Credit Major in English, B.A.
The required courses and credits are to be distributed as follows:
(These courses are to be taken by all students in the Literature, Professional Writing, and Creative Writing Specializations.)
Credits (22)
9 ENG 300, 301, 302
4 ENG 303
3 ENG 307
3 ENG 308
3 ENG 350 (not required of Honors students)
Credits (18)
3 ENG 312
15 Other 300- to 400-level courses. No more than 6 credits in ENW courses. Students planning to go on to graduate school in English should take ENG 304 or 305 and are strongly encouraged to take ENG 306.
Credits (18)
3 ENG 304 or 305.
3 ENW 317.
9 One or two courses in writing, chosen from the following: ENW 309, 323; and one or two courses chosen from the following: ENW 301, 302, 308, 328, 365, 462.
3 Tutorial project (ENW 381) or Internship (HUM 470, in a project approved by the English Department Chair.)
Credits (21)
3 ENW 210.
6 Two courses, chosen from ENW 301, ENW 302, ENW/THE 308.
3 One course, chosen from ENW 311, ENW 312, ENW/THE 408.
6 Two courses, chosen from ENG 304, ENW 309, ENW 317, ENW 328, ENW 357, ENW 461.
3 Tutorial project (ENW 381) or Internship (HUM 470, in a project approved by the English Department Chair.)
Early Childhood and Childhood Education Specialization (31 credits)
This specialization should be taken only by students in the 30-credit E.C.C.E. Certification Sequence.
Credits (25, of which at least 9 must be in writing-intensive courses)
Required courses:
Genre Courses
3 ENG 328: Poetry
3 ENG 330: Fiction
3 ENG 334: Drama
Literature Courses
3 ENG 302: English Literature III
4 ENG 303: Introduction to Literary Study
3 ENG 308: American Literature
3 ENG 312: Shakespeare
Language Arts
3 ENG 304: The Structure of Modern English
And 3 credits to be chosen from the following:
World Literature
3 ENG 338: New Literatures
3 ENG 346: The Bible as Literature
3 ENG 347: World Literature—Narratives of the Western World
3 ENG 348: World Literature—Drama
3 ENG 356: Special Topics in Literature II
or any 300-level literature course from any department in the Humanities Division.
And either
3 ENG 335: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Or
3 ENG 336: Critical Approaches to Adolescent Literature
The Honors Program is a course of study designed to provide select students interested in English literature, creative writing, or professional writing with opportunities for both intensive and independent study. The specializations within the English Honors Program are as follows:
Literature (Honors Program)
Credits (41)
22 ENG 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 312
3 ENG 450-60 (Seminars)
3 ENG 463 (Senior Honors Seminar)
4 ENG 481 (Literature tutorial)
9 300- or 400-level English electives (no more than 6 credits in writing)
Professional Writing (Honors Program)
Credits (41)
22 ENG 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 312
3 ENW 462 or ENG 463
4 ENW 481 (Tutorial in Writing)
3 ENG 304 or 305
3 ENW 317
3 To be chosen from ENW 309, 323, 365
3 To be chosen from ENW 309, 323, 365 (whichever is not taken above); or ENW 301, 302, (ENW) (THE)308; or internship.
Creative Writing (Honors Program)
Credits (41)
22 ENG 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 312
3 ENW 461 or ENG 463
4 ENW 481 (Tutorial in Writing)
3 ENG 304 or 305
3 ENW 328
3 To be chosen from ENW 301, 302, (ENW) (THE)308
3 To be chosen from ENW 301, 302, (ENW) (THE)308 (whichever is not taken above); or ENW 309, 317, 357, 365; or internship.
In addition to the above course requirements, all students enrolled in the Honors Program are required to write an honors paper or to complete an equivalent project in creative or professional writing. Students desiring admission to the program must consult with the Chair of the Honors Committee.
The minor in English consists of four courses in English, totaling 12 credits, planned as one of three options listed below. Up to 6 credits in English from another accredited college or university are acceptable for the minor, provided that students earn 6 additional credits at Lehman. At least 6 of the credits for the minor must be in 300- or 400-level courses.
Literature Option
Students may choose any four literature courses, at least two of them at the 300- or 400- level. One ENW course may be included in the Literature minor. Three credits in either ENG 381 (Individual Study) or ENG 481 (Honors Individual Study) may be included.
Professional Writing Option
All students must take ENW 207 (Introduction to Journalism) plus three additional ENW courses to be chosen from the following: ENW 201 (Advanced Expository Writing); ENW 204 (Report Writing); ENW 309 (Critical Review Writing); ENW 317 (Editing and Proofreading); ENW 323 (Journalistic Writing); ENW 365 (Special Topics in Professional Writing); ENW 462 (Seminar in Professional Writing); and either ENW 381 (Individual Tutorial) or ENW 481 (Honors Individual Tutorial). One Literature course or one Creative Writing course may be substituted for one of the 300- or 400- level Professional Writing courses.
Creative Writing Option
All students must take ENW 210 (Workshop in Creative Writing), plus three additional ENW courses to be chosen from the following: ENW 301 (Poetry Writing); ENW 302 (Fiction Writing); ENW 308 (Playwriting); ENW 328 (Advanced Workshop in Creative Writing); ENW 357 (Creative Writing—Intensive Studies); ENW 461 (Seminar in Creative Writing); and either ENW 381 (Individual Tutorial) or ENW 481 (Honors Individual Tutorial). One Literature course or one Professional Writing course may be substituted for one of the 300- or 400-level courses in Creative Writing.
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
ENG 110: Principles of Effective Writing I. 4 hours (3, lecture; 1, conference), 3 credits. Focus on paragraph and essay development, summary, and critical response to short texts. Emphasis on organization, language accuracy, grammar, and mechanics. Individual conferences. Note: All students, unless exempted, must pass this course in fulfillment of the College Requirement in English. Students who take but do not pass this course should repeat it the following semester. Students who pass ENG 110 proceed to ENG 120 the following semester.
ENG 120: Principles of Effective Writing II. 4 hours (3, lecture; 1, conference), 3 credits. Continues the work of ENG 110, advancing critical reading skills and essay development. Emphasis on writing analytical essays and papers based on research in various academic disciplines. Individual conferences. Note: All students, unless exempted, must pass this course in fulfillment of the College Requirement in English. Students who take but do not pass this course should repeat it the following semester.
*ENG 135: The Experience of Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Ways of understanding and enjoying different kinds of literature, including prose, poetry, and drama. Not recommended for students who have passed ENG 120 and closed to those who have satisfactorily completed a 200-level ENG Literature course.
Note: ENG 222, 223, 226, 227, 229, 234, 260, and 264-265 are distribution courses in the 1984 curriculum.
*ENG 211: Prose Fiction. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*ENG 212: Drama. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*ENG 213: Poetry. 3 hours, 3 credits.
ENG 222: Literary Genres. 3 hours, 3 credits. Introduction to literary forms and genres and the critical methods appropriate to their study. Analysis of major representative texts and exploration of central themes.
ENG 223: English Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. A study of masterworks that form the basis of the literary heritage of the English language. Authors will include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift or Pope, Wordsworth or Keats, Yeats, and a nineteenth- or twentieth-century novel.
ENG 226: Shakespeare. 3 hours, 3 credits. An approach to understanding Shakespeare: analysis of representative plays, with attention to language, structure, and thematic unity.
ENG 227: American Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Representative prose, verse, and drama from the Colonial period to the present.
ENG 229: Contemporary Urban Writers. 3 hours, 3 credits. Studies in the fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and other writings of contemporary authors, such as James Baldwin, Donald Barthelme, Ralph Ellison, Frank O'Hara, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, and Allen Ginsberg.
*ENG 231: The Great Tradition—Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*ENG 232: The Romantic Movement and the Modern Era. 3 hours, 3 credits.
ENG (WST) 234: Women in Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Literary analysis of the image of women as represented in literature. Examination of cultural stereotypes and archetypes in myths, legends, Biblical writings, and major literary texts by both male and female writers.
ENG 260: American Minority Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. An exploration of the experience of a particular minority or ethnic group or groups as reflected in American literature. Topics vary from semester to semester. This course may be cross-listed with BLS 267 or IAS 266.
ENG 264-265: Special Topics in Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. (Each course may be taken twice for credit.) Studies in the works of various authors or periods. Topics vary from semester to semester.
ENG 282: Instruction in Peer Tutoring. 5 hours, 4 credits. Training of students as tutors and writers. Students will be both encouraged to write in a variety of modes (including creative writing) and trained in effective techniques for tutoring others in writing. The course will be divided between the classroom and the Writing Center. Permission of the instructor is required for admission. PREREQ: A passing grade in English 120 (unless exempted).
NOTE: All 300-level courses in advanced English language and literature, except for ENG 303, carry the following PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 60 college credits, or of two 200-level ENG courses, or Departmental permission.
ENG 300: English Literature I. 3 hours, 3 credits. English literature to 1660, emphasizing major writers. Readings will include selections from Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. Text: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. I.
ENG 301: English Literature II. 3 hours, 3 credits. English literature from 1660 to 1830, emphasizing major writers. Readings will include selections from Dryden, Swift (Gulliver's Travels), Pope, Johnson, Austen, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats. Texts: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vols. I-II; Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
ENG 302: English Literature III. 3 hours, 3 credits. English literature from 1830 to 1940, emphasizing major writers. Readings will include selections from Dickens, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Yeats, Joyce, and Shaw. Texts: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. II; Dickens, Great Expectations.
ENG 303: Introduction to Literary Study. (Required of students majoring in ENG. Open to all students.) 4 hours, 4 credits. Reading and writing about works of literature of different kinds: poetry, drama, and fiction. Study of problems in criticism and interpretation; advanced exposition, with emphasis on the development of those writing skills that are most useful in literary studies. Individual conferences. PREREQ: ENG 120 (unless exempted).
ENG 304: The Structure of Modern English. 3 hours, 3 credits. Grammatical theory and linguistic descriptions of modern English (such as traditional, descriptive, and transformational grammars), with emphasis on the formal properties of grammar and the formal characterization of language. Samples of modern English to be studied will be drawn from literary works from the early modern English period to the present.
ENG 305: History of the English Language. 3 hours, 3 credits. Historical linguistics and the study of English, including analysis of selected texts from Old English through early modern English to illustrate the development of the English language. Attention will be paid to the phonology and grammar of the English language and to ways language is used for expressive ends in the selected literary examples.
ENG 306: Literary Criticism. 3 hours, 3 credits. Traditional and modern ways of understanding literature; varieties and history of criticism. Among the approaches to be explored are psychological, historical, formalist, Marxist, mythic, post-structuralist, and feminist.
ENG 307: The Novel. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of one major novel of the eighteenth century, one of the nineteenth century, and one of the twentieth century. Readings will include at least five novels, with special attention to the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present.
ENG 308: American Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. American literature to the modern era, emphasizing major writers. The course will deal with such ideas as the frontier, the "promised" land, the rise from rags to riches, the importance of self-reliance, and the love-hate relationship of the races. Readings may include such authors as Franklin, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Frost, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, O'Neill, and Ellison.
NOTE: Courses numbered 309-348 offer study of a historical period, genre, author, or literary field that is more intensive than the comparable area in ENG 300-302, 307, and 308, yet broader in scope than courses like ENG 350, 381, 450-460, 463, and 481.
ENG 309: Medieval Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings in major medieval writings, such as Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Piers Plowman, and the works of Malory. Topics may include the development of the romance, the epic, lyric poetry, allegory, and other literary genres.
ENG 310: Sixteenth-Century Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings in authors such as More, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.
ENG 311: Chaucer. 3 hours, 3 credits. Reading of Chaucer in Middle English, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales.
ENG 312: Shakespeare. 3 hours, 3 credits. The dramatist's representative comedies, histories, and tragedies.
ENG 313: Shakespeare--Selected Plays. 3 hours, 3 credits. Various plays analyzed in depth. Selection will vary from semester to semester.
ENG 314: Milton. 3 hours, 3 credits. The poetry and selected prose of Milton, with special emphasis on a critical reading of Paradise Lost.
ENG 316: Seventeenth-Century Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings in authors such as Jonson, Donne, Herrick, Crashaw, Herbert, Vaughan, Marvell, Bacon, Burton, and Browne.
ENG 317: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings in authors such as Dryden, Congreve, Swift, Pope, Addison and Steele, Gay, Gray, Sheridan, Goldsmith, Johnson, Boswell, Richardson, and Fielding.
ENG 319: Nineteenth-Century English Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings in authors such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Austen, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Tennyson, Browning, Carlyle, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Arnold, Hopkins, and Hardy.
ENG 321: Nineteenth-Century American Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings may include Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, and Twain.
ENG 322: Twentieth-Century American Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings may include James, Wharton, Chopin, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wright, Ellison, Roth, Malamud, O'Neill, Albee, Williams, Frost, Stevens, and Plath.
ENG 324: Twentieth-Century English and Irish Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Readings may include Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Forster, Shaw, Beckett, Pinter, Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, and Auden.
ENG 328: Poetry. 3 hours, 3 credits. Critical study of representative poems.
ENG 330: Fiction. 3 hours, 3 credits. Critical study of representative short fiction and novels.
ENG 334: Drama. 3 hours, 3 credits. Critical study of representative plays.
ENG 335: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Critical examination of selected works written for children and enjoyed by children and adults. Consideration of fantastic and realistic fiction and analysis of appropriate literary forms, such as fairy tale, animal fable, adventure story, and the novel of development.
ENG 336: Critical Approaches to Adolescent Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Critical study of literature of special interest to adolescents. Readings will include fiction, drama, and memoirs that focus on such themes as coming-of-age, knowing good and evil, confronting mortality, leaving home, discovering love and sexuality, and defining one's identity.
ENG 337: Irish Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Poetry and prose by writers closely identified with Ireland. Beginning with Irish texts (read in English translation) such as the medieval Tain and lyrics of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, the reading will emphasize works originally written in English by such authors as Swift, Wilde, Shaw, Yeats, and Joyce.
ENG 338: New Literatures. 3 hours, 3 credits. Literature of Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean written mainly in the post-colonial period. Topics will vary from semester to semester; the course may concentrate on one region or on a theme, such as the impact of colonialism on native societies. NOTE: When the topic is African Literature, the course will be crosslisted with BLS 242.
ENG 339: Latino/Latina Literatures in English. 3 hours, 3 credits. English-language literature developed by Puerto Ricans, Chicanos, Cubans, Dominicans, and other Latino groups in the U.S. Emphasis on the similarities in the development of themes, structures, and genres, and relationships with mainstream American literature.
ENG 355: Special Topics in Literature I. 3 hours, 3 credits. Topics vary from semester to semester. Course may be taken twice for credit.
ENG 356: Special Topics in Literature II. 3 hours, 3 credits. (Course may be taken twice for credit.) Topics vary from semester to semester.
Advanced Courses in World Literature
ENG 346: The Bible as Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Selections from the King James translation of the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, read with emphasis on historical background, the history of ideas, and literary genres. The perspectives of the course are those of modern literary and historical criticism in a secular context. Instructors may choose to focus on the Old or the New Testament.
ENG 347: World Literature--Narratives of the Western World. 3 hours, 3 credits. Selected narratives of Western literature in translation, with attention to their influence on English literature. Readings may include Homer, the Bible, Dante, Rabelais, Cervantes, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Proust, and Mann.
ENG 348: World Literature--Drama. 3 hours, 3 credits. A survey of world drama, with attention to selected classical, oriental, medieval, neoclassic, romantic, and modern plays and their influence on English literature.
English Tutorials, Seminars, and Honors Work
ENG 350: Senior Seminar. 3 hours, 3 credits. (May not be taken before 25 credits of the major have been completed.) Focus on a literary topic, which will be explored in a group of interrelated works, usually from several genres and periods. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students will present reports to the seminar and will prepare at least one major paper. PREREQ: ENG 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308.
ENG 381: Individual Tutorial. One semester, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Opportunity for a student to pursue individual research and reading on a specific topic under close faculty supervision. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of either two 200-level ENG courses or 60 college credits and Departmental permission. Students must receive written permission from the faculty member who will supervise the tutorial in the semester preceding that in which it will be taken.
ENG 450-460: Seminars. Each, one semester, 3 credits. The opportunity to study special topics (to be announced in advance) that will vary from semester to semester. Individual research under the direction of a member of the Department. PREREQ: Departmental permission.
450: Studies in Old English and Medieval Literature
451: Studies in Linguistics
452: Studies in Chaucer
453: Studies in Shakespeare
454: Studies in Elizabethan and Seventeenth-Century Literature
455: Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
456: Studies in the Novel
457: Studies in Romantic and Victorian Literature
458: Studies in American Literature
459: Studies in Contemporary Literature
460: Studies in Literary Genres and Influences
ENG 463: Senior Honors Seminar. 3 hours, 3 credits. Intensive study of major representative works from each period of English and American literature. Weekly oral and written reports. Individual research. PREREQ: ENG 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, and membership in the English Honors Program. May not be taken before 25 credits of the major have been completed.
ENG 481: Honors Tutorial. One semester, 4 credits (maximum 8 credits). (Limited to students in the ENG Honors Program.) Individual research and reading on a specific topic, under faculty supervision. PREREQ: Departmental permission. Students must receive written permission from the faculty member who will supervise the tutorial in the semester preceding that in which it will be taken.
Intermediate Courses in Creative & Professional Writing
ENW 201: Advanced Expository Writing. 4 hours (3, lecture; 1, conference), 4 credits. An advanced course in the techniques of formal exposition that develops the students' understanding of English expository style and of mechanics and grammar. A substantial portion of the course is devoted to researching materials and organizing them in the form of summaries of facts, position papers, and research papers. An effort will be made to relate the subject matter of much of the writing to the students' interests. Individual conferences. PREREQ: Successful completion of ENG 120 (or equivalent) or instructor's permission.
ENW 204: Report Writing. 3 hours (2, lecture; 1, conference), 3 credits. Emphasis on compiling and presenting evidence; on logic and correctness in organization and presentation. Reports, analyses, and criticism. Individual conferences. PREREQ: Successful completion of ENG 120 or the equivalent.
ENW 207: Introduction to Journalism. 3 hours (2, lecture; 1, conference), 3 credits. An introductory course in the history, principles, and practice of journalism, with special attention given to the powers and responsibilities of a free press. Discussions of reporting techniques, reliability of sources, the laws of libel, objectivity, and other matters. Regular practice in the writing of the short news story. Individual conferences. PREREQ: Successful completion of ENG 120 or the equivalent.
ENW 210: Introduction to Creative Writing—Fiction, Poetry, and Playwriting. 3 hours, 3 credits. Reading, writing, and analyzing contemporary short fiction, poetry, and play writing, focusing on elements pertinent to each form. PREREQ: ENG 120, or Departmental permission.
Advanced Courses in Creative and Professional Writing
ENW 301: Poetry Writing. 3 hours, 3 credits. The theory and practice of writing poetry. PREREQ: ENW 210 or the equivalent.
ENW 302: Fiction Writing. 3 hours, 3 credits. The theory and practice of prose-fiction writing. PREREQ: ENW 210 or the equivalent.
ENW(THE)308: Playwriting. 3 hours, 3 credits. The theory and practice of writing one-act plays. PREREQ: ENW 210, THE 308, or the equivalent.
ENW 309: Critical Review Writing. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study and practice in the aims, methods, and techniques of review writing in such fields as film, theater, dance, and music. The writing of reviews will be combined with first-hand study of these media and with reading of works by established critics, past and present. Each student will execute projects in consultation with the instructor. PREREQ: ENW 207 or 210 or the equivalent.
ENW 311: Advanced Poetry Writing I. 3 hours, 3 credits. Writing, reading, and analyzing poetry. Discussions of both student and published work, emphasizing basic tenets of the craft, such as rhythm, rhyme, meter, pace, language, metaphor, imagery, voice, and tone. PREREQ: ENW 301 or Departmental permission.
ENW 312: Advanced Fiction Writing I. 3 hours, 3 credits. Writing, reading, and analyzing fiction. Discussions of both student and published work, emphasizing basic tenets of the craft, such as plot, setting, character development, theme, imagery, symbolism, language, dramatic arc, and epiphany. PREREQ: ENW 302 or Departmental permission.
ENW 317: Editing and Proofreading. 3 hours, 3 credits. Practice in editing and revising manuscripts, in preparing manuscripts for the press, and in reading proofs. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 60 college credits or of two 200-level ENW courses, or Departmental permission.
ENW 323: Journalistic Writing. 3 hours, 3 credits. Advanced instruction and practice in reporting and writing news and human interest stories. Individual conferences. PREREQ: Either ENW 207 or instructor's permission.
ENW 328: Advanced Poetry Writing II. 3 hours, 3 credits. Continuation of ENW 311: Advanced Poetry Writing I. PREREQ: ENW 311, or Departmental permission.
ENW 357: Advanced Fiction Writing II. 3 hours, 3 credits. Continuation of ENW 312: Advanced Fiction Writing I. PREREQ: ENW 312, or Departmental permission.
ENW 365: Special Topics in Professional Writing. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Topics vary from semester to semester. PREREQ: ENW 207 or permission of the Department Chair.
ENW 381: Individual Tutorial in Writing. One semester, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Opportunity for a student to pursue a specific project in creative or professional writing under close faculty supervision. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of either two 200-level ENW courses or 60 college credits and Departmental permission.
ENW (THE) 408: Advanced Playwriting Workshop. 3 hours, 3 credits. The goal of this course is the writing of a full-length play. PREREQ: ENW/THE 308, or Departmental permission.
ENW 461: Seminar in Creative Writing. 3 hours, 3 credits. For the proficient writer of fiction, poetry, or drama. The seminar features guest lectures by poets, dramatists, and novelists. Students are expected to have completed both basic and advanced courses in poetry, fiction, or drama. PREREQ: ENW 328 (or equivalent) and instructor's permission.
ENW 462: Seminar in Professional Writing. 3 hours, 3 credits. Practice in designing, discussing, and completing a variety of individual and group projects in the professional writing field. PREREQ: ENW 207 and one of the following: ENW 309, 317, or 323. Open to other students with Departmental permission.
ENW 481: Honors Tutorial in Writing. One semester, 4 credits (maximum 8 credits). (Limited to students in the ENG Honors Program.) Individual project in creative or professional writing, under faculty supervision. PREREQ: Departmental permission.
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
Basic and Intermediate Courses in English Language and Literature
ENG 110: Principles of Effective Writing I
ENG 120: Principles of Effective Writing II
*ENG 135: The Experience of Literature
*ENG 211: Prose Fiction
*ENG 212: Drama
*ENG 213: Poetry
ENG 222: Literary Genres
ENG 223: English Literature
ENG 226: Shakespeare
ENG 227: American Literature
ENG 229: Contemporary Urban Writers
*ENG 231: The Great Tradition —Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton
*ENG 232: The Romantic Movement and the Modern Era
ENG (WST)234: Women in Literature
ENG 260: American Minority Literature
ENG 264-265: Special Topics in Literature
ENG 282: Instruction in Peer Tutoring
Advanced Courses in English Language and Literature
ENG 300: English Literature I
ENG 301: English Literature II
ENG 302: English Literature III
ENG 303: Introduction to Literary Study
ENG 304: The Structure of Modern English
ENG 305: History of the English Language
ENG 306: Literary Criticism
ENG 307: The Novel
ENG 308: American Literature
ENG 309: Medieval Literature
ENG 310: Sixteenth-Century Literature
ENG 311: Chaucer
ENG 312: Shakespeare
ENG 313: Shakespeare —Selected Plays
ENG 314: Milton
ENG 316: Seventeenth-Century Literature
ENG 317: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENG 319: Nineteenth-Century English Literature
ENG 321: Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ENG 322: Twentieth-Century American Literature
ENG 324: Twentieth-Century English and Irish Literature
ENG 328: Poetry
ENG 330: Fiction
ENG 334: Drama
ENG 335: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
ENG 336: Critical Approaches to Adolescent Literature
ENG 337: Irish Literature
ENG 338: New Literatures
ENG 339: Latino/ Latina Literatures in English
ENG 355: Special Topics in Literature I
ENG 356: Special Topics in Literature II
English Tutorials, Seminars, and Honors Work
ENG 350: Senior Seminar
ENG 381: Individual Tutorial
ENG 450-460: Seminars
450: Studies in Old English and Medieval Literature
451: Studies in Linguistics
452: Studies in Chaucer
453: Studies in Shakespeare
454: Studies in Elizabethan and Seventeenth-Century Literature
455: Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
456: Studies in the Novel
457: Studies in Romantic and Victorian Literature
458: Studies in American Literature
459: Studies in Contemporary Literature
460: Studies in Literary Genres and Influences
ENG 463: Senior Honors Seminar
ENG 481: Honors Tutorial
Advanced Courses in World Literature
ENG 346: The Bible as Literature
ENG 347: World Literature —Narratives of the Western World
ENG 348: World Literature —Drama
Intermediate Courses in Creative and Professional Writing
ENW 201: Advanced Expository Writing
ENW 204: Report Writing
ENW 207: Introduction to Journalism
ENW 210: Workshop in Creative Writing
Advanced Courses in Creative and Professional Writing
ENW 301: Poetry Writing
ENW 302: Fiction Writing
ENW 308: Playwriting
ENW 309: Critical Review Writing
ENW 311: Advanced Poetry Writing I
ENW 312: Advanced Fiction Writing I
ENW 317: Editing and Proofreading
ENW 323: Journalistic Writing
ENW 328: Advanced Workshop in Creative Writing
ENW 357: Creative Writing —Intensive Studies
ENW 365: Special Topics in Professional Writing
ENW 381: Individual Tutorial in Writing
ENW (THE)408: Advanced Playwriting Workshop
ENW 481: Honors Tutorial in Writing
Seminars in Creative and Professional Writing
ENW 461: Seminar in Creative Writing
ENW 462: Seminar in Professional Writing