English
Degrees and Certificates
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English Major -
English Minor
Courses
EN 030: College Writing Lab
EN 030 provides students the necessary support and foundational knowledge to successfully write college-level paragraphs and essays using a process approach. Students scoring 18 or below on the English section of the ACT must be enrolled concurrently in EN130 Rhetoric and Composition. EN 030 does not count in hours toward graduation. Prerequisite: Placement. Corequisite: EN130 Rhetoric and Composition.
Semester Offered
Fall
Spring
EN 130: Rhetoric and Composition
Class Program
An introduction to college writing and the basic forms of the essay, EN 130 teaches students to read and think critically, to write logical, well-developed academic essays; to write in a variety of rhetorical situations; and to develop information literacy skills. Students will write Summary-Response, Rhetorical Analysis, and Researched Analysis essays using MLA style. C or higher required.
Semester Offered
Fall
Spring
Online - Fall
Online - Spring
EN 149: Special Topics in English
Selected topics arranged by division faculty.
EN 160: Literature and Composition
Class Program
A continued emphasis upon the principles of expository writing and research established in EN 130. Students will utilize the process method to draft and revise well-developed essays. Students will develop skills for synthesizing primary and secondary texts in research papers, a close reading/explication and/or an annotated bibliography according to MLA standards. In doing so, students will examine the basic genre elements of various literature with selected works used as the basis for discussions, lectures, and student writing. C or higher required.
Prerequisites
C or better in EN 130.
Semester Offered
Fall
Spring
Online - Spring
EN 200: World Literature I
Class Program
EN 201: World Literature II
Class Program
EN 220: American Literature I
Class Program
Principal writers and movements in the literature of North America from the colonial period through the Civil War.
Semester Offered
Fall even
EN 225: American Literature II
Class Program
Principal writers and movements in the literature of the United States from the Reconstruction to the present day.
Semester Offered
Spring even
Online - Summer
EN 230: British Literature I
Class Program
Principal writers and movements in British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the Neoclassicists.
Semester Offered
Fall odd
EN 235: British Literature II
Class Program
Principal writers and movements in British literature from Romanticism to the present day.
Semester Offered
Spring odd
EN 249: Special Topics in English
Selected topics arranged by division faculty.
EN 250: Introduction to Creative Writing
Class Program
An introduction to the techniques, processes, styles, and major genres of creative writing in a workshop setting.
Semester Offered
Fall odd
EN 305: Advocacy and Grant Writing
Class Program
This skills-based course trains students in the writing techniques necessary to create positive change in the world, both locally and globally. Students focus on effective and ethical writing about and on behalf of people and social issues, and on grant writing and fundraising. Students read, write, and revise in a variety of genres used in various professions. Emphasis is placed on empowering students to write clear, correct, and persuasive prose.
Prerequisites
EN 160.
Semester Offered
Fall odd
EN 310: Film Criticism
Class Program
A study of topics in narrative film, including components of industry and production. Narrative films are both cultural and historical texts and can provide insight into the cultures and histories within which they are created. May be repeated for credit up to 6 hours.
Semester Offered
Spring odd
EN 315: Young Adult Literature
Class Program
Reading intensive study of Young Adult Literature with major emphasis on current trends, significant authors, and major themes. This course will include workshops on current trends in motivating and preparing young and reluctant young readers to explore the world of literature created specifically for them.
Semester Offered
Fall even
EN 326: Advanced Argument
Class Program
Intensive training in generating correct, clear, and forceful prose with an awareness of a specific audience. Must be taken during the sophomore or junior year.
Semester Offered
Fall even
EN 327: Technical and Professional Writing
Class Program
Intensive instruction and practice in effective writing strategies for career searches, government agencies, business, and industry. Emphasis will be placed upon information gathering and the writing of clear, correct, and properly formatted documents including, but not limited to, persuasive letters and memoranda, summaries, oral and written reports, visuals and descriptions, instructions, PowerPoint, proposals and feasibility studies.
Semester Offered
Spring even
EN 345: Critical Theory.
Class Program
This course is a survey of the major methods of literary criticism of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, beginning with Formalism and most likely including (but not restricted to) psychoanalytical criticism, Marxist criticism, deconstruction, reader-response criticism, feminist and gender criticism, new historicism, and postcolonial criticism. It focuses on how these methodologies can be used to open up literary works in new and creative ways, but rather than encouraging students to pick one or another approach, it enables them to arrive at their own way of approaching literature.
Semester Offered
Spring even
EN 349: Special Topics in English
Selected topics arranged by division faculty.
EN 350: Modern Grammar
Class Program
Introduction to modern grammar with special emphasis on structural and transformational grammar.
Semester Offered
Spring even
EN 360: History of the English Language
Class Program
Overview of the history of the English language from its beginnings to the present day, including grammatical changes, usage, semantics, lexicography, dialect geography, and word origins.
Semester Offered
Fall odd
EN 375: Movements in British Literature
Class Program
Investigation of a major period and/or movement in British literature, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Can be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Semester Offered
Fall even
EN 376: Independent Study
Reading or research at a greater depth than in a normal class.
Prerequisites
permission of instructor, division dean/chair and Vice President of Academic Affairs.
EN 377: Movements in American Literature
Class Program
Investigation of a major movement or period in American Literature. Can be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Semester Offered
Fall odd
EN 378: Studies in World Literature
Class Program
Investigation of a major movement or period in World Literature. Can be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Semester Offered
Spring odd
EN 380: Multi-Ethnic American Literature
Class Program
An in-depth study of the literature of minority American writers from throughout American literary history within their cultural contexts.
Semester Offered
Spring odd
EN 400: Advanced Creative Writing
Class Program
An intensive craft and process-based workshop in one or more genres of creative writing, building on techniques introduced in EN 250.
Prerequisites
EN 250.
Semester Offered
Spring odd
EN 431: Major Authors
Class Program
Intensive study of the work of one to four significant authors in their cultural context. Authors selected for the course will vary according to the instructor. may be repeated with different authors for up to six credit hours.
Semester Offered
Spring even
EN 449: Special Topics in English
Selected topics arranged by division faculty.
EN 476: Independent Study
Reading or research at a greater depth than in a normal class.
Prerequisites
permission of instructor, division dean/chair and Vice President of Academic Affairs.
EN 485: Senior Thesis
Students may write a substantial research paper on a literary topic, or a substantial creative project. The creative project may be a collection of poems, a collection of short stories, a dramatic script, a novella, or a substantial creative nonfiction project. The thesis will include a reflective introduction that explains the student’s critical methodology or the student’s choice of a model poet, author, or script writer.
Prerequisites
EN 326, EN 345, Senior English major. For a creative thesis students must have taken an advanced course that fits their genre. Prerequisite for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, EN 400 or MC 370. Prerequisite for a dramatic script, TH 270, EN 310, or MC 375.
Semester Offered
Fall