In this course, students will investigate the purposes, both academic and non-academic, for writing and reading. Students will learn to identify meaning and draw inferences from context cues. They will develop increased writing fluency, clarity, and coherence; a fuller understanding if rhetorical principles, including invention, organization, and audience; improved strategies for revising and editing their prose, emphasizing the standards of edited American English; and an understanding of writing and reading as tools for learning and communication. Students should take this course before taking 102 by advisement, by their own choice, of if any one of the following applies to them: if the SAT Verbal score is 399 or less. if the SAT Writing score is 399 or less, or if the ACT Writing score is 11 or less.

Credits: 3

Students will develop an understanding of rhetorical principles, including invention, organization, and audience, along with strategies for revising and editing their prose that emphasize clarity, coherence, and support. They will learn to develop positions on selected issues and questions and compose strongly supported and reasoned arguments regarding those issues and questions. Finally, they will learn basic information literacy skills, which will include how to locate, evaluate, and incorporate a variety of sources into their writing. They will use these to conduct independent research and integrate it into a written essay.

Credits: 3

In this course, students will learn to read academic and persuasive discourse in an active, critical manner; develop deliberated positions on selected issues and questions; compose strongly supported and reasoned arguments regarding those issues and questions; acquire information literacy skills, learning efficient and productive strategies for research from both print and online sources; and complete documented essays which effectively integrate source materials into a persuasive whole.

Prerequisite: ENGL 101^C
C Requires minimum grade of C.

Credits: 3

Students will refine and extend understanding of the rhetorical principles introduced in Critical Writing, applying them through the critical reading and analysis of complex texts. The texts to be considered will be drawn from a variety of media, genres, historical periods and diverse cultures. Students will examine the methods authors use in developing and expressing ideas to meet the needs of particular audiences and historical moments. They will practice extracting implied meanings, analyzing purpose, tone and style, and assessing causal factors and rhetorical effects to critical reading. As a reading, intensive course, English 104 will reinforce and refine compositional skills introduced in Critical Writing.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C
C Requires minimum grade of C.

Credits: 3

Foundations of Academic Discovery serves as the entry point to the Rock Integrated Studies Program. With its strong faculty-student interaction, the course promotes intellectual inquiry, critical and creative thinking, and computer skills needed for academic success. Through varied content, the course introduces students to academic discourse and information literacy while exploring topics such as diversity and inclusion and global awareness. This course will set students along the path to becoming engaged with issues and scholarship important to a 21st century education while they learn about themselves and their place in the world.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Freshman 1 or Freshman 2.
Enrollment limited to students with the ROCK STUDIES 2 STUDENT or ROCK STUDIES STUDENT attributes.

An intensive writers' workshop where participants and facilitators work individually and in small groups to fine-tune the craft of their writing. Course may be repeated up to 4 credits.

Credits: 1

Society on the Screen asks students to examine the question that humanist approaches ask — what is the human experience? — and to explore what answers film might offer. Students will identify and practice historical, philosophical, cultural and literary methods of inquiry and research.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Enrollment limited to students with the ROCK STUDIES 2 STUDENT or ROCK STUDIES STUDENT attributes.

A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students will study rhetorical theory and its application in expository and persuasive forms of writing.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^C or ENGL 220^C) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

This course will introduce students to a variety of documents typically produced by writers in professional workplace. It will build essential skills for communicating with varied audiences with whom one interacts in a professional capacity. Students will develop collaborative skills, learn effective rhetorical strategies for document design, and refine writing for clarity, conciseness, and usage. The concept of organizational communities of practice will be introduced, as well as ethical considerations and responsibilities that accompany professional discourse.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Transfer Thread Completion Course

This course surveys contemporary and classic films, and introduces the practices of film analysis.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102^D and ENGL 104^D
D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students will read and write critically about literary texts (written and visual), cultural theory, and avenues of inquiry that theoretical approaches open for interpretation. Students will also learn how to locate and evaluate the resources that literary, historical, philosophical, and cultural studies depend on, and how to use disciplinary-specific methods of presenting and documenting work.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C)
^C Requires minimum grade of C.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Introduction to Creative Writing offers students the opportunity to develop their abilities to write poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Original student work is read and discussed in class and in conferences with the instructor. Reading of classic and contemporary literature supplements the study of one's own writing.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Students will study language structure, including grammar (consisting of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics) within psycholinguistic and sociohistorical linguistic approaches.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102^C and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

This course gives students the opportunity to explore how to write for non-print text like digital and social media, blogs, and film. Students will examine the use of audience, tone and purpose in these types of communication and its application in classrooms as well as in virtual communities.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Video games have become one of the most popular forms of storytelling. Video games offer players an interactive experience and complex, multi-directional narratives. Furthermore, millions of people play video games every day, experiencing those narratives. This course introduces literary theories for engaging and critiquing narratives. Students then use those theories to analyze and critique the video games they and others play.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102^C and ENGL 104^C
C Requires minimum grade of C.

Credits: 3

Students will be introduced to literature written by black Americans as it pertains to the American experience.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students will be introduced to literature written by women authors from various periods who offer multidimensional perspective on the world. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and 210 or English Major status.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Even

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students will be introduced to literature written by Native Americans as it pertains to the American experience.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Even

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students will be introduced to literature written in English by Latino Americans as it pertains to the American experience.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Students will study of such standard works as the Bhagavad-Gita, the writings of Confucius, and the Bible, in addition to contemporary works from India, China, Japan, and additional regions in Asia.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Even

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Life/Lit/Service will explore selected literary and linguistic concerns-e.g. representations of place, class, ethnicity and/or dialectal variation-through a service learning experience, in this case, an intensive week-long trip/service project at an off-campus location (e.g. San Francisco).  This course may be repeated for up to three credits.

Credits: 1

This course introduces students to the Latin language, concentrating on the study of basic forms, grammar, and introductory readings.

Credits: 3

This course provides students further study of the Latin language, concentrating on the study of advanced grammar and more complex readings.

Prerequisite: ENGL 260^D
D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

The study of classic drama, climaxed by a trip to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada; the Shaw Festival Theater; or other appropriate theaters in Toronto. Offered in the summer. Travel fee required.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Queer Literature and Film is a survey of LGBT+ texts highlighting “queer” as both a term of identity and as a practice of analysis and critique. Students will read, watch, discuss, and analyze a variety of media produced by and about diverse queer writers, filmmakers, and activists from pre-Stonewall to current creators employing an intersectional understanding of how differences in race, class, and ability also impact experiences of gender and sexuality.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102^D and ENGL 104^D and ENGL 220^D
D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Post Baccalaureate, Senior 1, Senior 2 or Sophomore 2.

Students will learn to develop, respond to, evaluate, and grade student writing and related tasks. They will also be introduced to concepts important in the tutoring of student writers, as well as introductory theory used in the teaching of writing. Required for certification to teach English in the secondary schools.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
Enrollment limited to students in the BSED1224 program.

This course develops writing and theoretical skills in an examination of issues in electronic and digital media studies. Students analyze issues and individual examples relating to such topics as the Internet, texting, television, film, video games, print and visual journalism, media convergence, and mass media economics.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Work in the writing and production of advertising copy.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will study works by Chaucer and his contemporaries within the context of later medieval culture.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 025^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Odd

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will study selected comedies, tragedies and histories within their literary and historical contexts.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will critically analyze films from countries in the European Union with particular emphasis on those with high annual film productivity such as France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and Germany. The emphasis in on contemporary films, with optional contrast to historical trend-setting films.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^C or ENGL 220^C) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Even

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course surveys significant motion pictures with emphasis upon the techniques of film making and film reviewing.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will critically analyze films from India and East Asia, with emphasis is on contemporary films from China and Japan. Also meets requirements for the Asian Studies Minor.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 025^D or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course provides a comprehensive study of authors and literary works from the Old English period through Milton.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course provides a comprehensive survey of authors and literary works from the Civil War and Restoration through the early 20th century.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D)
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course provides a comprehensive survey of American literature from Puritan times through Melville.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course provides a comprehensive survey of American literature from Whitman through modern times.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D or ENGL 025^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will develop the advanced literacy and research skills needed for writing successfully in the healthcare field. Working individually and in teams typical of medical practice, students will explore strategies for effective written and spoken interaction with both patients and colleagues. Coursework relies heavily on learning to use medical databases and provide students with the theories and additional tools necessary to translate medical information into presentations for both medical professionals and the general public.

Prerequisite: ENGL 102^C
C Requires minimum grade of C.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course surveys literature for adolescents and young adults and is intended to cultivate book appreciation, improve book knowledge, and provide curriculum enrichment in intermediate, junior and senior high school libraries.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course offers students a deeper understanding of print and production practices for students with critical and creative writing backgrounds. Students will study theories and models - both historical and contemporary - for print design, layout, typography and production environment, while applying such theory to the practice of publishing literary artifacts.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Even

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
Enrollment is limited to students with a major in English, English Literature, Engl Lit-Language & Literature, Engl Lit-Literary&Cult Studies, English Writing, English Writing-Professional or English Writing-Creative.

Students will examine each historical period to discover the structure of the language, its spelling, vocabulary, syntax, and the influences of social conditions upon it.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course provides a brief history of the English language and thorough study of traditional and transformational grammar with emphasis on syntax. Differences between prescriptive and descriptive grammar and problems of current usage are also considered.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

The course will prepare students to research and engage local communities as well as write a range of professional writing genres to engage those communities, particularly professional writing narratives. Students will learn research methods for studying their local communities. They will learn to study the community’s discourse, collective issues, social norms, and larger narratives. Students will then learn to research, draft, and revise a range of writing genres and narratives that enable the students to engage and/or support their local communities.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Post Baccalaureate, Senior 1, Senior 2, Sophomore 1 or Sophomore 2.

In this course, students will learn to create the two types of writing essential to contemporary video games: storytelling and technical writing. Students will learn the essential skills of plot, character, and dialogue writing, enabling them to create the stories that players experience in video games. Students will also learn the skills of usability, plain language, and explanation writing, which they will use to create instructions and documentation for video games. By the end of the course, students will have produced a video-game narrative, an introductory setup for a video game, and instructions on how to modify the video game using the platform used to create the game.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Post Baccalaureate, Senior 1, Senior 2, Sophomore 1 or Sophomore 2.

This course acquaints the prospective teacher with theories of second language acquisition (SLA). SLA surveys the processes of acquiring/ learning language including the following issues: sound system-phonemic inventory; words-lexicon; semantics; syntax; critical period for second language learning; linguistic creativity, competence and performance.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This writing workshop provides the opportunity for students to develop their abilities in writing creative nonfiction. Original student work is read and discussed in class and in conferences with the instructor. Students will also read and analyze classic and contemporary creative nonfiction. This course may be repeated for up to six credits.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major') and ENGL 225^D
C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This writing workshop provides the opportunity for students to develop their abilities in writing fiction. Original student work is read and discussed in class and in conferences with the instructor. Students will also read and analyze classic and contemporary fiction. This course may be repeated for up to six credits.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major') and ENGL 225^D
C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This writing workshop provides the opportunity for students to develop their abilities in writing poetry. Original student work is read and discussed in class and in conferences with the instructor. Students will also read and classic and contemporary poetry is assigned. This course may be repeated for up to six credits.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major') and ENGL 225^D
C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This creative writing workshop provides an opportunity for students to develop their abilities in creating graphic novels. Original student work is read and discussed in class as well as critiqued in conference with the instructor. Students will also read and analyze historic and contemporary graphic novels. This course may be repeated for up to six (6) credits.

Prerequisites: ENGL 102^D and (ENGL 104^D or ENGL 220^D) and ENGL 225^D and (ART 105^D or ART 205^D or ART 305^D or ART 106^D or ART 206^D or ART 306^D or ART 107^D or ART 207^D or ART 307^D or ART 108^D or ART 208^D or ART 308^D or ART 114^D or ART 214^D or ART 314^D or ART 213^D or ART 313^D or ART 413^D)
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Odd

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students enrolled in Creative Writing:Screenplay will learn how to write the Hollywood narrative screenplay. Students will develop a workable story and characters that show growth. They will then write a screenplay and develop a marketing plan to sell it.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major') and ENGL 225^D
C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Even

This course focuses on classical and medieval Latin verse and prose, with a continuing review of grammar as necessary.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major') and ENGL 260^D and ENGL 261^D
C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course examines the structure, form and rhetoric or writing for web environments.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will study of the works and time of Shakespeare in cultural context. The trip concludes with travel to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Offered in the summer only. Travel fee required.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.  

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will critically read and analyze selected works by global writers beyond the U.S. and Britain.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^D or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will study select literary and cultural theory from Plato to the present day, with application to critical analysis of the literary arts.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

ENGL 409 instructs upper-level English majors in the goals, audiences, sources, and methods for professionalization. In this course, students reflect on and define their individual undergraduate experiences and create a personal narrative from their experiences. Students will then identify and define a career field. By the end of the course, students will develop strategies for connecting their individual narrative to their specific desires for possible career fields.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course encourages those interested in the rhetoric of science, nature writing, and environmentalism to pose informed questions regarding the language, rhetoric, images, and ideas found in significant poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction, that concern the environment.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Science Fiction situates the genre as a form of critique of the concept of the future. The course provides a literary and historical path for comprehending the genre's evolution. It engages students in cross-disciplinary conversations about scientific and technological advancements that inform narratives as well as establishes how metaphors of the alien drive science fiction's forecasts. The course highlights how science fiction shapes particular ways of seeing and enacts such modes through the study of diverse texts and application of concepts in projects about our future lives.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Senior 1, Senior 2, Sophomore 1 or Sophomore 2.

Students will review the research and rhetoric associated with writing successful grants and proposals.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will gain applied writing experience at a venue outside of the classroom.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 1-12

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

The seminar focuses on a major author or pair of authors, a single literary genre, or a specific literary period.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 103^C or ENGL 102^C) and (ENGL 210^D or ENGL 104^C or ENGL 220^D) or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major'
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A program of supervised independent study. Independent Study courses give students the opportunity to pursue research and/or studies that are not part of the university's traditional course offerings. Students work one on one or in small groups with faculty guidance and are typically required to submit a final paper or project as determined by the supervising professor.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Creative or expository writing projects.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 1-3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

Prerequisites: (ENGL 102^C or ENGL 103^C) and (ENGL 104^C or ENGL 210^D or ENGL 220^D or minimum score of 1 in 'English Major')
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.