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English Courses
- ENG-F 116 First-Year Seminar (3 cr.) This class is an introduction to life at Indiana University Northwest, the value of a college degree, and success as a college student. In this class, you will explore colorful topics, have discussions with your instructor and your fellow students, conduct research, and present your findings both to your class and to a wider community. You will spend time reflecting on what you have learned and how you can apply it in your future career at IUN. Additionally, there is a component where students will study a theme or topic in literature and writing as part of the coursework. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-G 205 Introduction to the English Language (3 cr.) Acquaints the student with contemporary studies of the nature of language in general and of the English language in particular. Required of students preparing to teach English in secondary schools. Does not count toward group distribution requirements. (Occasionally)
- ENG-G 207 Grammar and Usage (3 cr.) Provides students with a foundation in traditional grammar and usage. Intended primarily for students preparing to teach English in secondary schools. Does not count toward group distribution requirements. (Spring)
- ENG-G 655 History of the English Language (4 cr.) Survey of the evolution of the English language from its earliest stages to the present, with reference to its external history and to its phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary.
- ENG-L 101 Ancient and Medieval World Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. Literary masterpieces from Homer to the Renaissance. (Fall, Spring)
- ENG-L 102 Modern World Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. Literary masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present. (Fall, Spring)
- ENG-L 110 Introduction to Literature (3 cr.) Close reading of a variety of literary works: the experience of literature in relation to such subjects as the idea of genres, the relationship between literature and the imagination, the function of criticism, and the connection between art and life. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 201 Special Studies in Literature (3 cr.) Reading of literary works in relation to special themes. May be repeated once for credit with a change in topic. (Fall or Spring) May be repeated once for credit with a change in topic.
- ENG-L 202 Literary Interpretation (3 cr.) Development of critical skills essential to participation in the interpretation process. Through class discussion and focused writing assignments, introduces the premises and motives of literary analysis and critical methods associated with historical, generic, and / or cultural concerns. May be repeated once for credit by special arrangement with the Department of English. Note: Students planning to transfer to IU Bloomington should be aware that Advance College Project (ACP) ENG-L 202 will neither count toward the English major nor satisfy the intensive writing requirement at IU Bloomington. (Fall or Spring) May be repeated once for credit by special arrangement with the Department of English
- ENG-L 203 Introduction to Drama (3 cr.) Representative groups of significant plays to acquaint students with characteristics of drama as a type of literature. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 204 Introduction to Fiction (3 cr.) Representative works of fiction: stresses structural technique in the novel, theories and kinds of fiction, and thematic scope of the novel. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 205 Introduction to Poetry (3 cr.) Kinds, conventions, and elements of poetry in a selection of poems from several historical periods. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 207 Women and Literature (3 cr.) Critical issues and methods in the study of women writers and treatment of women in British and American literature. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 211 English Literature to 1700 (3 cr.) Representative selections with emphasis on major writers from the medieval period to 1700. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 215 The Literature of Italy (3 cr.) An introduction to Italian literature from its beginnings to the present. Students will read work by some of Italy's greatest poets, like Dante, Leopardi, and Montale. They will also study Italian prose and drama through works like Marcovaldo and The Solitude of Prime Numbers. All the readings will be English translations. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 212 English Literature since 1700 (3 cr.) Representative selections with emphasis on major writers from 1700 to the early twenty-first century. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 216 The Literature of Japan (3 cr.) An introduction to the masterpieces of Japanese literature from its beginnings to the present. We will read Japanese prose and play genres like noh, kabuki, and bunraku. We will examine Japanese poetic forms like waka, renga, haiku, and senryu and discuss Japanese films. All the readings will be English translations. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 217 The Literature of China (3 cr.) An introduction to the masterpieces of Chinese literature from its beginnings to the present. We will read work by some of China's greatest poets. We'll discuss Chinese drama and non-fiction and films. We will discuss a variety of social, religious, and culture topics. All the readings will be English translations. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 221 Health and Literature (3 cr.) In this class, we will study the intersection between literature, illness, and medicine. At first glance, these categories have little in common. Yet, literature both records and interrogates how society thinks about illness, injury, pain, medical treatment, and patient experiences. Can language capture the experience of pain or illness? How can literature help patients and practitioners understand medical problems and treatment? How is one's understanding and treatment of disease impacted by historical and cultural context? We will explore these and other questions through reading a diverse range of literature, paying particular attention to the historical, social, and cultural implications of various medical conditions and practices.
- ENG-L 249 Representation of Gender and Sexuality (3 cr.) A study of literary and cultural presentations of gender and sexuality that traces their historical evolution, illuminates issues and problems, or studies the conventions of their depictions. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 295 American Film Culture (3 cr.) Film in relation to American culture and society. Topic varies. Works of literature may be used for comparison, but the main emphasis will be on film as a narrative medium and as an important element in American culture. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 305 Chaucer (3 cr.) Chaucer's works with special emphasis on the Canterbury Tales. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 308 Elizabethan Drama and Its Background (3 cr.) English drama from Middle Ages to 1642, including principal Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline dramatists. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 311 Studies in Renaissance Literature (3 cr.) Major Renaissance writers, with special attention to the poetry. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 315 Major Plays of Shakespeare (3 cr.) A close reading of a representative selection of Shakespeare's major plays. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 326 Major Authors of the Eighteenth Century (3 cr.) Representative selections from the works of writers such as Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Johnson. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 332 Romantic Literature (3 cr.) Major Romantic writers, with emphasis on the following: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 335 Victorian Literature (3 cr.) Major poetry and prose, 1839-1900, studied against the social and intellectual background of the period. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 345 Twentieth-Century British Poetry (3 cr.) Modern poets, particularly Yeats, Eliot, and Auden; some later poets may be included. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 346 Twentieth-Century British Fiction (3 cr.) Modern fiction, its techniques and experiments, particularly Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf; some later novelists may be included. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 347 British Fiction to 1800 (3 cr.) Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 348 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction (3 cr.) Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such romantic and Victorian authors as Scott, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 351 American Literature 1800-1865 (3 cr.) American writers to 1865: Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and two or three additional major writers. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 352 American Literature 1865-1914 (3 cr.) American writers, 1865-1914: Mark Twain, Dickinson, James, and two or three additional major writers. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 354 American Literature since 1914 (3 cr.) American writers since 1914: Faulkner, Hemingway, Eliot, Frost, and two or three additional major writers. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 355 American Fiction to 1900 (3 cr.) Representative nineteenth-century American novels and short fiction. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 357 Twentieth-Century American Poetry (3 cr.) American poetry since 1900, including such poets as Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, Williams, and Lowell. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 358 Twentieth-Century American Fiction (3 cr.) American fiction since 1900, including such writers as Dreiser, Lewis, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Bellow. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 365 Modern Drama: Continental (3 cr.) Special attention to such dramatists as Ibsen, Chekhov, Hauptmann, Pirandello, Brecht, and Sartre. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 366 Modern Drama: English, Irish, and American (3 cr.) Special attention to such dramatists as Shaw, Synge, O'Neill, Hellman, Williams, Miller, and Albee. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 369 Studies in British and American Authors (3 cr.) Studies in single authors (such as Wordsworth and Melville), groups of authors (such as the Pre-Raphaelites), and periods (such as American writers of the 1920s). Topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally) May be repeated once for credit.
- ENG-L 381 Recent Writing (3 cr.) Study of selected writers of contemporary significance. May include relevant groups and movements (such as black writers, poets of projective verse, new regionalists, parajournalists and other experimenters in pop literature, folk writers, and distinctively ethnic writers); several recent novelists, poets, or critics; or any combination of groups. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 382 Fiction of the Non-Western World (3 cr.) In-depth study of selected narratives from the fiction of the non-Western world. Focus and selections vary from year to year. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 390 Children's Literature (3 cr.) Historical and modern children's books and selections from books, designed to assist future teachers, parents, librarians, or others in selecting the best of children's literature for each period of the child's life. (Fall, Spring)
- ENG-L 391 Literature for Young Adults (3 cr.) Study of books suitable for junior high and high school classroom use. Special stress on works of fiction dealing with contemporary problems, but also including modern classics, biography, science fiction, and other areas of interest to teenage readers. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 440 Senior Seminar in English and American Literature (3 cr.) Thorough study of one or more major British and American writers or of a significant theme or form in English and American literature. (Fall)
- ENG-L 495 Individual Reading in English (1-3 cr.) P: consent of instructor and departmental chairperson May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally) May be repeated once for credit
- ENG-L 503 Teaching of Literature in College (2-4 cr.) Classroom teaching of literature in the light of current approaches.
- ENG-L 553 Studies in Literature (1-3 cr.) Especially for secondary school teachers of English. Critical evaluation of poems, short stories, a major novel, and some major plays. (Fall or Spring)
- ENG-L 612 Chaucer (4 cr.) Critical analysis of the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and selected shorter poems. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 620 Studies in English Literature 1500-1660 (4 cr.) Intensive study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 623 English Drama from the 1590s to 1800, Exclusive of Shakespeare (4 cr.) P: familiarity with six plays of Shakespeare. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 631 English Literature: 1660-1790 (4 cr.) Extensive reading in poetry and nonfictional prose. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 642 Studies in Romantic Literature (4 cr.) Study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 646 Readings in Media, Literature, and Culture (4 cr.) Introductory study of issues in literary editing, textual culture, or digital humanities.
- ENG-L 647 Studies in Victorian Literature (4 cr.) Study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 653 American Literature, 1800-1900 (4 cr.) Intensive historical and critical study of all genres from Washington Irving through Frank Norris. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 655 American Literature since 1900 (4 cr.) Intensive historical and critical study of all genres from Theodore Dreiser to the present. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 660 Studies in British and American Literature, 1900 to the Present (4 cr.) Intensive study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally)
- ENG-L 666 Survey of Children's Literature (4 cr.) A survey of literature written for children and adolescents from the medieval period to the present. (Fall, Spring)
- ENG-L 670 Continental Nineteenth Century Drama (4 cr.) Focuses on such major European dramatists of the 19th and 20th Centuries as Ibsen, Strindberg, Checkhov, Ionesco, and Beckett. (Occasionally)
- ENG-W 130 Principles of Composition (3 cr.) Placement according to IU Northwest English Placement Test. For students with significant writing problems who need an intensive, two-semester freshman writing experience. Practice in writing papers for a variety of purposes and audiences. Attention to revision and to sentence and paragraph structure. (Fall, Spring)
- ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing and Inquiry I (3 cr.) P: W130 or placement exam. Offers instruction and practice in the reading and writing skills required in college. Emphasis is on written assignments that require synthesis, analysis, and argument based on sources. (Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II)
- ENG-W 132 Elementary Composition II (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131. Continuation of ENG-W 131, with emphasis on writing from secondary sources: research, evaluating evidence, and documentation. Does not count toward group distribution requirements. (Occasionally)
- ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. To develop research and writing skills requisite for most academic and professional activities. Emphasis on methods of research, organization, and writing techniques useful in preparing reviews, critical bibliographies, research and technical reports, proposals, and papers. Junior or senior standing recommended. (Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II)
- ENG-W 233 Intermediate Expository Writing (3 cr.) This course is a logical extension of the rhetorical and stylistic principles introduced in ENG-W 131. Emphasis is on the writing process, modes of discourse reflective of professional writing, and language conventions. Does not count toward group distribution requirements. (Occasionally)
- ENG-W 301 Writing Fiction (3 cr.) May be repeated once for credit. (Fall or Spring) May be repeated once for credit.
- ENG-W 303 Writing Poetry (3 cr.) May be repeated once for credit. (Fall or Spring) May be repeated once for credit.
- ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. Close examination of assumptions, choices, and techniques that go into a student's own writing and the writing of others. Does not count toward group distribution requirements. (Occasionally)
- ENG-W 398 Internship in Writing (1-3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. Combine study of writing with practical expertise in working with professionals in journalism, business communication, or technical writing. Researched reports are required. Evaluations made by both supervisor and instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. (Fall or Spring) May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
- ENG-W 280 Literary Editing and Publishing (3 cr.) P: Completion of the English composition requirement. Principles of editing and publishing literary writing. Kinds of journals, varieties of formats, (including print and e-zine), introduction to editing and production processes. Possible focus on genre publishing (fiction, poetry, non-fiction prose), grant writing, Web publishing, etc. May not be repeated for credit. (Occasionally)
- ENG-W 513 Writing Poetry (4 cr.) Poetry writing workshop on the study of prosody and form (including formal elements of free verse) in the context of writing by class members. May be repeated once for credit.
- ENG-W 510 Computers in Composition (4 cr.) Based on current theories about the process of writing, this course surveys the use of computer programs (such as word processing) as writing tools, computer-assisted instruction as teaching aids and computer programs as research aids to study writing.
- ENG-W 509 Introduction to Writing and Literacy Studies (4 cr.) This is the core course in the writing and literacy track of the English master's program. Students will read, analyze, discuss, and write about key issues in writing and literacy, laying a foundation for further study. Special emphasis will be placed on research methods in this field.
- ENG-W 508 Graduate Creative Writing for Teachers (4 cr.) Offers current and future teachers insights into the creative writing process, teaches them to think as writers do, suggest strategies for critiquing creative work, and provide guidance in developing creative-writing curriculum. Emphasis on hands-on writing activities in three genres, adaptable for use with students at entry level.
- ENG-L 218 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a/x Literature (3 cr.) Course introduces fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama by Latino/a/x writers in the U.S. Content includes social, cultural, historical, political, and literary contexts, as well as terminology and methods of literary analysis and evaluation.
- ENG-G 304 The Structure of English Grammar (3 cr.) Provides students with an understanding of the system of rules underlying English grammar. The course focuses on sentence patterns, sentence diagrams, and the rules and vocabulary associated with traditional, structuralist, and transformational theories of grammar.