ENG 1000 Introduction to University Level Writing        (3 s.h.) This course introduces students to university level writing using challenging materials and requiring a variety of writing experiences, including both expressive and transactional communication. (Does NOT apply to any major or minor in English & Communication Arts dept.)

ENG 1010 Communication Skills I        (3 s.h.) Study of strategies for sentence and paragraph development; application of such strategies in descriptive, narrative, and expository essays; examination of writing as a process; oral presentation; introduction to library resources. (Does NOT apply to any major or minor in English & Communication Arts dept.)

ENG 1020 Communication Skills II        (3 s.h.) Application in essays of a variety of purposes such as cause/effect, comparison/contrast, and definition; special emphasis on argumentation; development of library research paper; study of professional writing; participation in stages of writing process; presentation of oral argument. (Does NOT apply to any major or minor in English & Communication Arts dept.)

ENG 1320 Newspaper Reporting        (3 s.h.) Organization of the modern newspaper, news, values and news sources; structures of the news story; practical training in gathering and writing typical news stories.

ENG 2000 Technical Writing        (3 s.h.) Theory and application of technical writing principles; culminating in the preparation of a research paper. Topics discussed include: definitions, instructions, processes, computer graphics, and research strategies. Web site evaluation and research, along with writing for the Web, are covered. Course concludes with an oral presentation of research findings.

ENG 2090 Approaches to Grammar        (4 s.h.) This course provides a historical sketch of the development of the English language and treats the interplay between theory of language and approaches to the study of grammar. By tracing the evolution of dictionaries, spellers, grammars and handbooks of English (influenced by the processes of decay, growth, and confusion) the course emphasizes how politics and culture interact and influence English morphology, syntax, semantics, and rhetoric.

ENG 2230 Ideas in World Literature        (3 s.h.) Survey of Western civilization as expressed in major literary works which reveal the distinctive ideals, values, and attitudes of various eras; include works outside the Western tradition produced during the same eras.

ENG 2550 Oral Interpretation of Literature (SPH*)  (3 s.h.)

ENG 2620 Language & Culture        (3 s.h.) The central concerns of this course are how and why people communicate in the ways they do. Habitual talking, listening, and writing behaviors of individuals and groups will be examined, as well as the influences of home, community, and culture on the language structures and language uses of individuals. Culture, as it influences linguistic preference, will be considered, as will methods of semiotic and discursal analysis.

ENG 2950 Critical Writing & Literary Analysis        (4 s.h.) Prerequisite: ENG 1020 A study and practice of the methods used to analyze the contents of a literary work; a review of major themes and schools of literary criticism.

ENG 3000 Children's Literature & Drama        (4 s.h.) Classical and contemporary writing for children; dramatization of stories. Selection of materials with reference to the interest, needs, and abilities of children.

ENG 3010 Major American Writers: Beginnings to 1900        (4 s.h.) A study of those writers who expressed in distinctive styles the diverse elements of the American experience from early Amerindian folktales through the end of the nineteenth century, often including Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, and Douglass.

ENG 3020 Major American Writers: 1900 to Present        (4 s.h.) Critical examination of major writers, poets, and dramatists who have explored the changing values and concerns of American society in the twentieth century; minority and ethnic perspectives are to be expressly noted.

ENG 3050 Creative Writing        (3 s.h.) Critical study and practical application of the techniques of poetry, fiction, and drama, with emphasis on creative expression.

ENG 3100 Advanced Composition and Research Strategies     (3 s.h.) Prerequisite: ENG 1010 or departmental approval (in which case, course substitutes for ENG 1020) Application of advanced writing strategies with emphasis on argumentation; assignments corresponding to research and writing demands of varied academic disciplines including humanities, natural science, social science and business; use of wordprocessing and editing software for writing.

ENG 3260 Business & Professional Writing        (3 s.h.) Prerequisite: ENG 1020 A study of the strategies and stylistic devices which lead to clear, concise, and complete business writing. Various types of business letters, memoranda, proposals and reports will be examined and developed.

ENG 3440 Advanced Technical Writing        (3 s.h.) Prerequisite: ENG 2000 or departmental approval Application of technical writing principles to individual career demands; analysis of case studies, with emphasis on appropriate strategies for various audiences; preparation of flyer/brochure, feasibility study, instructional manual.

ENG 3540  American Folklore and Literature   (4 s.h.) In this course students study and practice the methods used a) to analyze folklore, b) to examine folkloristics as a discipline, and c) to explore the relationship between folklore and literature. Students read and write about works of American literature in which folkloric phenomena have bee simulated and transformed by American writers for literary purposes.

ENG 3550 Women in Literature        (4 s.h.) Study of representative prose and poetry by and about women which focuses on their search for independence and fulfillment.

ENG 3610 Major British Writers: Chaucer to Johnson        (4 s.h.) A study of principal figures in British literature from the fourteenth through the eighteenth century; includes Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Swift, Pope, and Samuel Johnson.

ENG 3620 Major British Writers: Blake to Eliot        (4 s.h.) An examination of major British authors from the Romantic period to the post World War I era; includes Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Coleridge, Byron, Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, George Eliot, Hardy, Conrad, Yeats, Joyce, and T.S. Eliot.

ENG 3710 Contemporary Literature        (4 s.h.) A study of contemporary authors who may be classified as Modernist or Post-Modern; figures may well include principal ethnic and minority writers.

ENG 3960 Portfolio I: Foundation and Development        (1 s.h.) Prerequisite: Junior-level standing Students begin assembling individual portfolios that represent their academic and professional work in their respective programs of study within the Department of English & Communication Arts. Students will gain an understanding of what a program portfolio is and how it works, and learn to engage in a portfolio process.

ENG 4170.x - 4190.x Workshops in English        (1 s.h.)

ENG 4210 Time & Literature        (4 s.h.) Interdisciplinary analysis of a particular period, event, or personality in terms of the human dilemmas and choices which are confronted.

ENG 4230 VC    Voices and Visions: Modern American Poets    (4 s.h.)

ENG 4380 Literature for Young Adults        (3 s.h.) Study of genres and themes presented by contemporary writers of literature for young people: violence in society, search for identity, family life, friendship, historical fiction, poetry, short stories, adventure and fantasy. Course will not fulfill upper level general education requirement.

ENG 4540 Classics of African-American Literature        (4 s.h.) This course will focus on African-American literature in all three genres: prose, poetry and drama. Course content will include significant African-American writers from the 18th-19th centuries (Wheatley, Douglass) but will primarily focus on 20th century works by Wright, Baldwin, Hansberry, Walker, Morrison and others. There is a significant out-of-class 4th credit hour project which will involve either a teaching session at a local high school or a museum or library visit, followed by either the development of a teaching module or a report paper. English majors will be required to take either ENG 4540 or 4550.

ENG 4550 Voices of Pluralism in American Literature        (4 s.h.) This course will focus on minority literatures besides African-American literature. Course content will generally include, though may not be limited to, Asian-American, Arab-American, Latino-American, and Native American literatures. Authors under study may include Tan, Kingston (Asian-American), Said (Arab-American), Rodriguez, Anzaldua (Latino-American), Erdich, Silko (Native American). There is a significant out-of-class 4th credit hour project that each student will complete which will involve either a teaching module at an area high school or a library or museum visit. English majors will be required to take either ENG 4540 or 4550.

ENG 4750, 4760 Studies in Literature        (4 s.h. each) Topics in literature will vary on a semester basis. Seminar is required of English majors but is open to all students.

ENG 4950 Senior Seminar        (3 s.h.) Interdisciplinary seminar requiring majors in humanities disciplines to integrate and synthesize knowledge gained in the major and relate that to other humanities fields. Emphasis on demonstrating competency in a humanities discipline.

ENG 4960 Portfolio II: Showcase and Career Goals        (1 s.h.) Prerequisite: ENG 3960 Students will complete work begun in English 3960 culminating in a showcase portfolio. This portfolio will include exhibits chosen by the student and evaluated by the instructor. It is intended not only to showcase students' best work, but also give them the opportunity to make connections between their education and career goals, so that the portfolio can be used for academic and employment purposes. Designed to compliment the Senior Seminar, Humanities 4950, these experiences will serve as the capstone for the major.