Courses
Arts and Letters
English (ENG)
- ENG-G 205 Introduction to the English Language (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Acquaints the student with contemporary studies of the nature of language in general and of the English Language in particular.
- ENG-G 207 English Grammar and Usage (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. A brief look at English grammar, with emphasis upon current American usage; students will review verb usage, subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, modifier usage, punctuation, and sentence structure.
- ENG-G 301 History of the English Language (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Historical and structural analysis of English language in stages of its development. Political and social events affecting development of language, interrelationship of language and literature, evolution of modern phonology and syntax.
- ENG-L 101 Ancient and Medieval World Literature (3 cr.) Literary masterpieces from Homer to Dante. Approved Arts and Sciences for the Western Tradition culture studies requirement of IU Students.
- ENG-L 102 Modern World Literature (3 cr.) Literary masterpieces from Homer to the present. Aims to teach thoughtful, intensive reading, to introduce students to aesthetic values in literature, and to make students aware of the enjoyment of reading.
- ENG-L 103 Introduction to Drama (3 cr.) Significant plays from various times and countries to acquaint students with the conventions and types of drama; works by such playwrights as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Miller, and Albee.
- ENG-L 104 Introduction to Fiction (3 cr.) Introduction to representative fiction and theories for interpreting fiction.
- ENG-L 105 Appreciation of Literature (3 cr.)
An introduction to drama, fiction, and poetry, stressing the enjoyment and the humane values of each form. The course will provide experiences in listening to and studying visual adaptations of poems, novels, and dramas.
- ENG-L 106 Introduction to Poetry (3 cr.) Representative poems in English; a course that enables students to read poetry with pleasure and to talk or write about it with ease.
- ENG-L 107 Oriental World Masterpieces (3 cr.) Literary masterpieces from the Arabic, Persian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, and Malay cultures.
- ENG-L 140 Introduction to English Studies (3 cr.) A comprehensive orientation to the field of English studies. In addition to providing academic advising, the course offers an overview of our curriculum, which includes our two concentrations in writing and literature, career opportunities related to the degree, and the kinds of reading, writing, and oral skills that are needed for success as a major and in a variety of professions.
- ENG-L 201 Special Studies in Literature (3 cr.) Reading of literary works in relation to special themes and topics. Repeatable up to 6 units.
- ENG-L 202 Literary Interpretation (3 cr.) AHLA development of critical skills essential to participation in the interpretive 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.
- ENG-L 203 Introduction to Drama (3 cr.) Representative group of significant plays to acquaint students with characteristics of drama as a type of literature.
- ENG-L 204 Introduction to the Novel and Short Story (3 cr.) Representative works of fiction; stresses structural technique in the novel, theories and kinds of fiction, and thematic scope of the novel.
- ENG-L 205 Introduction to Poetry (3 cr.) A basic course that will enable students to talk and write about poetry.
- ENG-L 207 Women and Literature (3 cr.) Issues and approaches to critical study of women writers and treatment in British and American literature.
- ENG-L 208 Topics in English and American Literature and Culture (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Selected works of English and/or American literature in relation to a single cultural problem or theme. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
- ENG-L 209 Topics in American Literature and Culture (3 cr.) Selected works of American literature taught in relation to a single cultural problem or theme. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
- ENG-L 210 Studies in Popular Literature and Mass Media (3 cr.) Popular literary modes in England and America, such as detective, western, fantasy; history and theories of "mass" or "popular" culture; uses of literacy. Literary analysis of particular mass media forms, including television drama. Topic varies.
- ENG-L 211 English Literature to 1700 (3 cr.) Representative selections, with emphasis on major writers from Chaucer to 1700.
- ENG-L 214 Literary Masterpieces (3 cr.) L214 covers major Western literary works from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century. Texts are selected from a variety of genres and nations, with an emphasis on works that have been particularly famous and influential. Works by Cervantes, Voltaire, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Mann, Ibsen, Kafka, and others are typically included. Emphasis will be on making the literature accessible and interesting, relating it to historical events and contexts, and working on important reading and writing skills. Non-English works will be read in English translation.
- ENG-L 230 Science Fiction (3 cr.) Study of the kinds, conventions, and theories of science fiction. Course may include both literature (predominantly British and American) and film.
- 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.
- ENG-L 297 English Literature to 1600 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131. R: Any ENG-L 100-level course and ENG-L 202/371. Representative selections, with emphasis on major writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare and on their cultural context.
- ENG-L 298 English Literature from 1600 to 1830 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. R: Any ENG-L 100-level course and ENG-L 202/371. Representative selections, with emphasis on major writers from Donne to Byron and on their cultural context.
- ENG-L 299 English Literature since 1830 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. R: Any ENG-L 100-level course and ENG-L 202/371. Representative selections, with emphasis on major writers from Carlyle to the present and on their cultural context.
- ENG-L 303 Medieval English Literature in Translation (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Literature and civilization of medieval England. Selected works from Old and Middle English with attention to their relations with art, history, and other aspects of medieval culture.
- ENG-L 305 Chaucer (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Chaucer's works, with special emphasis on The Canterbury Tales.
- ENG-L 308 Elizabethan Drama and Its Background (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. English drama from Middle Ages to 1642; principal Elizabethan and Caroline dramatists and their best plays.
- ENG-L 309 Elizabethan Poetry (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Major Elizabethan poets, with special attention to Spenser.
- ENG-L 313 Early Plays of Shakespeare (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Close reading of at least seven early plays of Shakespeare.
- ENG-L 314 Late Plays of Shakespeare (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Close reading of at least seven later plays of Shakespeare.
- ENG-L 317 English Poetry of the Early Seventeenth Century (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Chief poets in England, 1600-1660.
- ENG-L 318 Milton (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Poetry and prose of John Milton, with special attention to Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
- ENG-L 320 Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Major poetry and prose, 1660-1730, with emphasis on Dryden, Swift, and Pope.
- ENG-L 327 Later Eigthteenth-Century Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Major poetry and prose, 1730-1800, with emphasis on Johnson and Boswell.
- ENG-L 328 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Development of English drama from the Puritan closing of playhouses to the beginning of the nineteenth century.
- ENG-L 329 Romantic Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Major Romantic writers, with emphasis on two or more of the following: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats.
- ENG-L 332 Romantic Literature (3 cr.) British literature and culture in the age of Romanticism and the revolutionary era (ca. 1780-1830). Poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction writings from major and minor authors, such as Austen, Blake, Byron, Coleridge, Scott, the Shelleys, Keats, Wollstonecraft, and the Wordsworths.
- ENG-L 333 Victorian Literature (3 cr.) Will focus on one major Victorian writer's body of works (e.g. Dickens, Tennyson, Eliot, or Hardy) or family of writers (e.g. the Brontes, the Brownings). It is intended for English majors or for those with some literature and writing background.
- ENG-L 335 Victorian Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Major poetry and prose, 1830 to 1900, studied against the social and intellectual backgrounds of the period.
- ENG-L 345 Twentieth-Century British Poetry (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Modern poets, particularly Yeats, Eliot, and Auden; some later poets may be included.
- ENG-L 346 Twentieth-Century British Fiction (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Modern fiction, its techniques and experiments, particularly Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf; some later novelists may be included.
- ENG-L 347 British Fiction to 1800 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne.
- ENG-L 348 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such Romantic and Victorian authors as Scott, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.
- ENG-L 351 American Literature to 1865 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. R: Any ENG-L 100-level course and ENG-L 202/371. American writers to 1865: Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and two or three additional major writers.
- ENG-L 352 American Literature, 1865-1914 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. R: Any ENG-L 100-Level course and ENG-L 202/371. American writers, 1865-1914: Mark Twain, Dickinson, James, and two or three additional major writers.
- ENG-L 354 American Literature since 1914 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. American writers since 1914: Faulkner, Hemingway, Eliot, Frost, and two or three additional major writers.
- ENG-L 355 American Novel: Cooper to Dreiser (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Representative nineteenth-century American novels.
- ENG-L 357 Twentieth-Century American Poetry (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. American poetry since 1900, including such poets as Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, Williams, and Lowell.
- ENG-L 358 Twentieth-Century American Fiction (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. American fiction since 1900, including such writers as Dreiser, Lewis, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Bellow.
- ENG-L 360 American Prose (Excluding Fiction) (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Major nonfiction prose forms, including the essay, the journal, and the sermon, as well as the literary aspects of biography, criticism, and historical writing.
- ENG-L 361 Studies in 19th Century American Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Study of 19th century American literature focused on a particular literary, cultural, or thematic movement or issue of the time.
- ENG-L 363 American Drama (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Main currents in American drama to the present.
- ENG-L 364 Native American Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. A survey of traditional and modern literature by American Indians, especially of the high plains and southwest culture areas, with particular attention to the image of the Indian in both native and white literature.
- ENG-L 365 Modern Drama: Continental (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Special attention to Ibsen, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, and Sartre.
- ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible I (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. The Bible as a great masterpiece of literature. Focus on Old Testament.
- ENG-L 369 Studies in British and American Authors (3 cr.) P: ENG-W131 with a grade of C or higher. Individual authors, topics may vary.
- ENG-L 370 Recent Black American Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Exploration of the most recent black American authors, analyzing the ways in which these authors interpret their human condition and aesthetically analyzing how the authors use the tools of their craft to develop their themes.
- ENG-L 371 Critical Practices (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Literary criticism from ancient to modern times.
- ENG-L 373 Interdisciplinary Approaches to English and American Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Social, political, and psychological studies in English and American literature, 1890 to the present. Topics may vary and include, for example, Freud and literature, responses to revolution, and the literature of technology.
- ENG-L 374 Ethnic American Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Literature about the American ethnic experience, selected from among works by African American, Jewish American, Italian American, Irish American, Native American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and other ethnic authors.
- ENG-L 378 Studies in Women and Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. British and American authors, such as George Eliot, Gertrude Stein; groups of authors, such as the Bronte sisters, recent women poets; or genres and modes, such as autobiography, film, criticism. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
- ENG-L 379 American Ethnic and Minority Literature (3 cr.) A survey of representative authors and works of American ethnic and minority literature with primary focus on Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans.
- ENG-L 380 Literary Modernism (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Phenomenon of modernism in early twentieth-century transatlantic literature, with emphasis on such writers as Joyce, Pound, Woolf, Stein, Lawrence, and Faulkner, studied in relation to social and artistic movements.
- ENG-L 381 Recent Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. 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.
- ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Study of a coherent period of British or Commonwealth culture (such as medieval, Elizabethan, or Victorian England, or modern Canada), with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual milieu.
- ENG-L 384 Studies in American Culture (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Study of a coherent period of American culture (such as the Revolution, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression) with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual or social milieu.
- ENG-L 389 Feminist Literary and Cultural Criticism (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Selected critical approaches to the issue of gender over time and in various cultural settings. Topics vary, including feminist criticism and popular culture, the history of feminist expository prose, deconstructionism, and feminism.
- 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.
- ENG-L 394 Film and Literature (3 cr.) The course approaches the analysis of films through the cinematic equivalents of the tools of literary criticism. It will introduce students to the elements of filmmaking and the methods of literary analysis as a way of reaching an understanding of how films mean.
- ENG-L 395 British and American Film Studies (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Intensive study of specific topics related to film narratives; emphasis on American or British film as a cultural phenomenon. Topic varies.
- ENG-L 406 Topics in African American Literature (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Intensive study of specific topics in African American literature. Topic varies.
- ENG-L 450 Seminar: British and American Authors (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Intensive study of a major author or a school of closely related authors.
- ENG-L 460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme (3 cr.) P: ENG-L 202/371 and three additional ENG-L courses or permission of instructor. Study of texts written in several historical periods united by a common mode or form (narrative, romanticism, lyric, etc.), or by a common theme (bildungsroman, the city and the country, the two-cultures question, the uses of literacy, etc.).
- ENG-L 470 Seminar: Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Study of a body of English or American literature in relation to another discipline (philosophy, art, history, linguistics, psychology, etc.), or in light of critical theory (structuralist, psychoanalytic, genre theory, etc.)
- ENG-L 480 Seminar: Literature and History (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Study of a body of literature in relation to a period of history, to a theory of history, or to an historical theme.
- ENG-W 303 Writing Poetry (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 203 and ENG-W 206. May be repeated once for credit. May not be counted twice for the major.
- ENG-L 495 Individual Reading in English (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. May be repeated once for credit.
- ENG-L 498 Internship in English (1-3 cr.) Supervised experience in teaching undergraduate English course or in editing departmentally based journal or allied publication. Repeatable up to 3 units.
- ENG-L 503 Teaching of Literature in College (2-4 cr.) Classroom teaching of literature in the light of current approaches. Repeatable up to 4 units.
- ENG-L 651 American Literature 1609-1800 (4 cr.) Intensive historical and critical study of all genres from John Smith through Charles Brockden Brown.
- ENG-L 655 AMER LIT & CULTURE 1900-1945 (3 cr.) Study of American literature and culture from the turn of the century to 1945.
- ENG-L 680 Special Topics in Literary Study and Theory (4 cr.) Readings in sociological, political, psychological, and other approaches to literature. Repeatable up to 8 units.
- ENG-W 100 Developmental Composition (3 cr.) P: Placement according to the IU Southeast English Placement Process. Emphasizes writing paragraphs and larger compositions; learning and practicing forms of academic writing; developing varied sentence structure; review of mechanics and usage. This is a student development course, and credit does not apply toward a degree.
- ENG-W 130 Principles of Composition (3 cr.) P: Placement according to the IU Southeast English Placement Process. For students who need a semester of writing instruction before taking ENG-W 131. Practice in writing papers for a variety of purposes and audiences. Attention to sentence and paragraph structure.
- ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing, & Inquiry I (3 cr.) P: Placement according to the IU Southeast English Placement Process. W131 teaches skills of critical reading, thinking, and writing to help students meaningfully engage artifacts, events, and issues in our world. The course builds students' abilities to read written and cultural texts critically; to analyze those texts in ways that engage both students' own experiences and the perspectives of others; and to write about those texts for a range of audiences and purposes as a means of participating in broader conversations. Assignments emphasize the analysis and synthesis of sources in making and developing claims.
- ENG-W 132 Elementary Composition 2 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Progresses from practice of simple description, narration, and exposition to practice of persuasion and documentation in support of a thesis.
- ENG-W 203 Creative Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Exploratory course in writing in which students write both poetry and fiction. Taught as a workshop. May be repeated once for credit. May not be counted twice for the major.
- ENG-W 206 Introduction to Creative Writing (3 cr.) Provides students with the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills, and gives them a working knowledge of the basic principles of fiction, poetry and drama.
- ENG-W 207 Introduction to Fiction Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. An introduction to the techniques and principles of fiction writing. Written assignments, workshop discussions of student work in progress, seminar study of classic and contemporary examples of the genre.
- ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher or equivalent. To develop writing skills requisite for most professional activities. Emphasis on methods of research, organization, and writing techniques useful in preparing business and professional memos, letters, reports, and proposals.
- ENG-W 234 Technical Report Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Instruction in preparing engineering and other technical proposals and reports, with an introduction to the use of graphics.
- ENG-W 250 Writing in Context (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. A course designed to provide a subject-matter context for reading, writing, and research assignments of increasing complexity. Topics of general interest (e.g., autobiography, nature writing, science and society, teacher and child, American business, prison life, etc.) vary from section to section.
- ENG-W 270 Argumentative Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Offers instruction and practice in writing argumentative essays about complicated and controversial issues. The course focuses on strategies for identifying issues, assessing claims, locating evidence, deciding on a position, and writing papers with clear assertion and convincing arguments.
- ENG-W 290 Writing in the Arts and Sciences (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. An introduction to academic writing as a means of discovery and record. Study of and practice in the procedures, conventions, and terminology of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Research-intensive.
- ENG-W 300 Writing for Teachers (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. The study of writing in relation to the teaching of writing in the schools. Students will evaluate their own writing strengths and weakness and complete a series of writing assignments meant to improve their writing skills. Additionally, students will read current, selected works in composition theory and learn how to apply their new understandings about writing to various teaching situations.
- ENG-W 301 Writing Fiction (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 203 and ENG-W 206. May be repeated once for credit. May not be counted twice for the major.
- ENG-W 311 Writing Creative Nonfiction (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 203 and ENG-W 206. Writing workshop in such modes as personal essay, autobiography, or documentary. May be repeated once. May not be counted twice for the major.
- ENG-W 315 Writing for the Web (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. This course introduces students to new forms of writing (beyond word processing and desktop publishing) made possible by computers - hypertext, electronic mail, and computer conferencing - and explores what impact these forms will have on literacy skills for writers and readers of such computer-delivered texts.
- ENG-W 331 Business and Administrative Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Emphasis on proposals, presentations, collaborative and individual reports needed within a business, administrative, or organizational setting. Students discover how the process and products of writing shape organizational culture by studying documents organizations use, from hiring to setting ethical standards, as they communicate both internally and globally.
- ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher or equivalent. Close examination of assumptions, choices, and techniques that go into a student's own writing and the writing of others.
- ENG-W 364 The Art of Magazine Editing for Publication and Production (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Examines the writing process from the perspective of the manager who supervises the writing of texts that become products: books, newsletters, websites, etc. It explores the document production process, focusing on design, desktop publishing, web publishing, and the stages of writing project management.
- ENG-W 395 Individual Study of Writing (1-3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Exercise in the study of written expression and communication in informative, persuasive, or imaginative writing. May be repeated once for credit. May not be counted twice for the major.
- ENG-W 397 Writing Center Theory and Practice (3 cr.) This course will introduce student tutors to research and theory on the writing process, revision, and writing centers, which assumed an important place in composition studies, as writing centers have been an entry point into the field for many scholars/teachers. Areas of focus are scholarship and pedagogy, politics of literacy education and development of reflective tutoring practices.
- ENG-W 398 Internship in Writing (1-3 cr.) Combines study of writing with practical experience of working with professionals in journalism, business communication, or technical writing. Researched reports are required. Evaluations made by both supervisor and instructor. Repeatable up to 6 units.
- ENG-W 401 Advanced Fiction Writing (3 cr.) P: 6 credit hours in ENG-W 203/ENG-W 206, and ENG-W 301. Focused work in the art and profession of fiction writing. May be repeated once for credit. May not be counted twice for the major.
- ENG-W 403 Advanced Poetry Writing (3 cr.) P: 6 credit hours in ENG-W 203/ENG-W 206, and ENG-W 303. Focused work in the art and profession of poetry writing. May be repeated once for credit. May not be counted twice for the major.
- ENG-W 405 Writing Prose Nonfiction (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of c or higher. Variable topics related to the production of non-fiction prose. Includes an intensive written project that may involve research as well as production of essays.
- ENG-W 411 Directed Writing (1-3 cr.) Description of project as assigned by instructor consenting to direct it. Individual critical projects worked out with faculty member. Credit varies with scope of the project.
- ENG-W 420 Argumentative Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Presents argument as a process of inquiry. Applies critical and creative thinking to analyzing and composing effective argument. Addresses contexts and ideologies as a component of audience receptivity to ideas. Writers form and test ideas from pluralistic perspectives on controversial issues about which reasonable people disagree, including culture-sensitive issues such as gender, race, ethnicity, etc.
- ENG-W 490 Writing Seminar (3 cr.) P: Writing concentration majors must complete A) ENG-W 290, B) ENG-W 350 or ENG-W 420; and C) at least one other writing course (ENG-W) at the 200 level or above before enrolling in W490. W290 should be taken in the sophomore year. A capstone writing seminar for English writing concentration majors. Students will produce a major research-based project in nonfiction prose that will be presented in a public forum (such as a student research conference) or that contains another applied learning component to be approved by the instructor.
- ENG-W 426 WRITNG NONFIC:POP&PROF PUBLCTN (3 cr.) Students in this Honors course will integrate and apply academic writing skills gained from their previous academic work. They will compose documents appropriate for business and organizational purposes and explore the marketing process for freelance writing.
- ENG-W 500 Teaching Composition: Issues and Approaches (4 cr.) P: Graduate standing. Consideration of fundamental issues in the teaching of writing and the major approaches to composition instruction. Specific topics include teaching invention and revision, diagnosing errors, teaching style and organization, making assignments, and evaluating student writing.
- ENG-W 501 PRACTICUM ON TEACHING OF COMP (3 cr.) Practical teaching of composition; current theories and policies.
- ENG-W 508 GRAD CREATIVE WRITING-TEACHERS (3 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-W 600 TPCS IN RHETORIC & COMPOSITION (3 cr.) Covers selected issues in current composition and rhetorical theory.