Jun 27, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions



To enroll in any 400-level course, students must be admitted to the Upper Division; to enroll in a 400(G)-level course in which there are graduate students, students must have junior or higher standing.

*LCCN indicates Louisiana Common Course Number.

 

English

General prerequisites for all 200 and 300-level courses: “C” or better in ENGL 102, ESOL 102, ENGL 115, or advanced placement. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission of instructor.

General Prerequisite for all 400 level courses: UPPER-DIVISION STANDING, At least 60 hours of credit toward a degree and 9 hours English credit at the 200-300 level. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission of instructor.

  
  • ENGL 332 - Introduction to Folklore


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to the concepts of folklore as well as traditional oral, social, customary, and material forms.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 333 - Louisiana Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of writings by Louisiana authors or about Louisiana, especially from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 334 - Folklore and Culture


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Examines the interaction between culture and the texts that instantiate it. Texts in a variety of media (oral, literary, digital) are considered.

  
  • ENGL 335 - Louisiana Folklore


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical examination of the folklore found in the different ethnic, regional, and occupational cultures of Louisiana.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 341 - History of Drama


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Studies in major developments in Western drama by a reading of representative plays from the Greek period to the mid-nineteenth century.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 342 - Modern Drama


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Studies in Western drama from the mid-nineteenth century to the present through a reading of plays representative of the major types.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 350 - Young Adult Literature and Media


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical study of books and other media intended for a young adult audience. Does not substitute for EDCI 310 .

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 351 - Introduction to Linguistics


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to the scientific investigation of language, including the basics of phonology, syntax, semantics, dialects, and language learning.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 352 - English Grammar and Usage


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Mechanics and terminology of English grammar including parts of speech, voice, grammatical roles, and basic sentence patterns, with attention paid to usage and other writing conventions such as style and punctuation.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , ENGL 115 , or advanced placement, with a grade of “C” or better
  
  • ENGL 353 - Advanced English Grammar


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Exploration of the grammatical structure of English that builds on the foundational concepts taught in ENGL 352 . Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission of instructor.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement; and ENGL 352 
  
  • ENGL 355 - Advanced Writing for Teachers


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Contents may vary by section. Study and practice of composition, rhetoric, and critical thinking through the use of the writing process. For students who plan to teach at the secondary school level.

    Prereq: ENGL 102  or ESOL 102  or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C’ or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 356 - Advanced Writing in the Arts


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Practice of discipline-specific academic writing, with a focus on rhetorical awareness and critical thinking. Designed for students in the arts.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 357 - Advanced Writing in Business


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    The practice of academic writing, with a focus on business communication, rhetorical awareness, and critical thinking. Designed for students interested in the field of business.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 358 - Advanced Writing in Humanities


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Advanced course in the practice of academic writing, with a focus on rhetorical awareness and critical thinking. Designed primarily for students majoring in one of the humanities degree programs or minoring in Humanities.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 359 - Advanced Writing in Social Sciences


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Discipline-specific academic writing, with a focus on rhetorical awareness and critical thinking. Designed primarily for Behavioral Science and Communication majors.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 360 - Advanced Writing


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Advanced course in the practice of academic writing, with a focus on rhetorical awareness and critical thinking. May be taught as a discipline-specific course.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 365 - Technical Writing


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Course in technical communication with an emphasis on practical documents. Recommended for students in technical majors and for students considering careers in technical/Professional writing.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ENGL 115 , or ESOL 102  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement; and at least 60.0 hours of credit toward degree
    Pre/Coreq: Fifteen hours credit in the student’s major field

  
  • ENGL 366 - Honors Technical Writing


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Course in technical communication with an emphasis on practical documents. Recommended for students in technical majors and for students considering careers in technical/professional writing.

    Prereq: “C” or better in ENGL 102 ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  or advanced placement, and at least 60 hours of credit toward degree.
    Rstr: Honors Program.
  
  • ENGL 370 - Special Topics in Literary and/or Media Art


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Examination of one issue, theme, and/or genre in literature and/or media.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 371 - Introduction to Ethnic Literatures


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. African American, Native American, US Latino, Asian American, Jewish, etc.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 372 - Special Topics in Literature of Popular Culture


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies; e.g. detective, science fiction, frontier. May be repeated for credit.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 373 - Queer Literature, Media, and Culture


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content may include historical and/or contemporary materials and approaches.

    Prereq: “C” or better in ENGL 102 , ENGL 115 , ESOL 102 , or advanced placement.
  
  • ENGL 375 - Film Studies: Terms and History


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Technology, history, and cultural significance of film.

    Prereq: ENGL 275  or permission of instructor required
  
  • ENGL 380 - Readings in Literature By Women


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Significant texts by major women writers, mainly 19th and 20th century English and American, but not restricted to these; readings will cover a variety of literary genres–the novel, short fiction, poetry.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 381 - The Scripture As Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Study of literary themes and techniques in selected works of scripture.

    Prereq: ENGL 102 , ESOL 102 , or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better, or advanced placement
  
  • ENGL 402G - Survey of Old English Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Major prose and poetic works in translation, from the beginning to 1100. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission of instructor.

  
  • ENGL 403G - English Novel I


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Development of the novel from the beginnings through Jane Austen. Critical reading of selected works. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 404G - English Novel II


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Development of the novel from 1820 to WWI. Critical reading of selected works. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 405G - History of the English Language


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Precursors of Old English to modern period. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 406G - Survey of Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Evolution of English prose, drama, and poetry. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 408G - Advanced Creative Writing Workshop


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies: poetry or drama. May be repeated for credit. Theory and practice of writing for publication; critical examination of student works. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission of instructor.

    Prereq: ENGL 325  or ENGL 326  or ENGL 327  or ENGL 328  or graduate status.
  
  • ENGL 409G - Special Topics in Creative Writing


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Topics explore the theory and forms of creative expression in poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction, mixed-genre, or other verbal art. Open to non-creative writing students. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor. Content varies. May be repeated for credit.

    Rstr: Completion of 60 credit hours, and 9 hours of ENGL at 200- or 300-level.
  
  • ENGL 411G - English Literature of the Sixteenth Century


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Non-dramatic literature of the English Renaissance from 1500 to 1600. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 412G - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Non-Shakespearean drama of the English Renaissance, to the closing of the public playhouses in 1642. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 413G - Chaucer


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Chaucer’s major works, especially The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, with some attention to reading in Middle English. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 414G - Milton


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Exploration of Milton’s thought and art, including a reading of the important minor poems, selected prose, and all of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 415G - Major Writers in Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Literary works of important British poets, playwright, and prose writers. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 416G - Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Selected poems, plays, and prose works of the period studied in the context of non-literary culture (arts, politics, colonialism, economics, institutions, manners, etc.). Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 417G - Survey of Medieval English Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Examination of the major genres and themes in English literature from 1100 to 1500, exclusive of Chaucer. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 420G - Issues in Nineteenth Century Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. An examination of various issues, themes, and/or genres in British literature nineteenth century. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 423G - Shakespeare: The Early Plays


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical reading of the dramatic works of Shakespeare to about 1600. ENGL 423 and ENGL 424G  recommended for English majors in lieu of ENGL 312 . Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 424G - Shakespeare: The Later Plays


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical reading of the later dramatic works of Shakespeare with emphasis on the tragedies. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 425G - Semantics


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Examines how meaning is expressed in language. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 426G - English Literature of the Seventeenth Century


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of the non-dramatic literature of the English Renaissance from 1600 to the Restoration. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 427G - The British Romantic Era


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of the literature of the Romantic Era in Britain. Readings in poetry, prose, fiction, and drama in relation to the historical, political and cultural issues of the day. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 428G - The Victorian Era


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of literature of the Victorian Era in Britain; readings in poetry, prose, fiction, and drama in relation to the historical, political and cultural issues of the day. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 429G - American Renaissance


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Studies in the rise of a distinctively American literature and aesthetic, with emphasis on the period between 1835 and 1865. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 430G - Southern Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    From colonial times to the present. Emphasis on intellectual trends and literary groups peculiar to the South. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 432G - American Folklore


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Includes field work. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 433G - Approaches to African American Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical approaches to various topics, e.g., the Harlem Renaissance, Black feminism, Black Arts Aesthetics. Includes works in various genres (poetry, fiction, drama, theory, etc.). Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 435G - American Realism and Naturalism


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Theory and practice of American literary realism and naturalism in the U.S., especially between the Civil War and World War I. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 437G - Early American Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of American literature from its beginnings to the American Renaissance, with an emphasis on major figures and intellectual and cultural movements. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 440G - Folklore and Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Interrelationships between folklore and written literature. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 441G - Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of major English playwrights from 1660 to 1780. Attention to Etherege, Wycherley, Dryden, Congreve, Lillo, Fielding, Gay, Goldsmith, and Sheridan. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 442G - Modern American Drama


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of American theater in the 20th and 21st centuries. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 443G - Issues in Modern Poetry


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Exploration of various issues and themes in the poetry of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 444G - Movements in Modern Poetry


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Various movements and schools of poetry in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 445G - Modern American Fiction


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Explores fiction composed in the Americas of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 446G - Fiction Workshop


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Theory and practice of writing for publication; critical examination of student works. For advanced students of demonstrated ability.

    Prereq: 20-30 pp. fiction manuscript submitted by July 1
    Rstr: Permission of instructor required
  
  • ENGL 449G - Louisiana Folklore Fieldwork


    3 Credit(s). 6 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Consist of intensive fieldwork in a designated area of folklore. Classes will meet once a week for lectures and archiving, twice a week in the field. Students wishing to work in French should substitute FREN 449G . Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

    Prereq: ENGL 332 , ENGL 432G , or permission of the instructor
  
  • ENGL 450G - History of Children’s Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical analysis of historically significant children’s literature, primarily British and American, from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the present. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 452G - Language, Culture and Society


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Dialect variations in languages due to race, social group, sex, region, etc., as well as the predominant attitudes associated with such variety and the social, economic, political and educational implications of these attitudes. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 455G - Topics in Linguistics


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit twice. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 456G - Approaches to Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of critical approaches to poetry, fiction and drama, including the formalistic, psychological, mythological and archetypal approaches, as well as traditional approaches. Designed primarily for English Education majors and secondary school teachers. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 457G - Classical Rhetoric


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of the theories and pedagogies of classical rhetoric in ancient Greece and Rome and their influences on modern theories and practices. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 458G - Investigating Text and Talk


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Application of linguistic principles to analysis of texts and verbal interaction. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 459G - Literary Theory and Practical Criticism


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Examination of major theoretical stances toward literature and associated problems; analysis of literary texts in accordance with such stances. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 460G - Themes and Issues in Children’s Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Critical examination of themes and issues in children’s literature, primarily British and American. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 462G - Special Projects in Professional Writing


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit up to 6 hours.

    Rstr: Requires permission of instructor
  
  • ENGL 463G - Professional Writing Practicum


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Industry, agency, or university internship.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor required. May be repeated for credit up to 6 hours.
  
  • ENGL 464G - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Composition


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit; e.g., criticism, pedagogy, technical and professional writing, rhetorical history. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 466G - Modern Irish Literature and Culture


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. Studies in Irish literature produced mainly in the twentieth century. Attention to the social, cultural, and historical milieu within which the work was produced. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 467G - Modern British Literature and Culture


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of British literature written mainly in the twentieth century in multiple genres. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 470G - Genres in Children’s Literature


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Critical study of various genres in children’s literature, primarily British and American. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 472G - Professional Writing


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Emphasis on extended projects that involve generating and gathering information, and designing and producing documents for government, industry, and business. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 473G - Professional Editing


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Practical application of professional editing in government, industry, and business. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 474G - Document Design


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Principles of professional document design with emphasis on the application of these principles in creating print and electronic documents. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 475G - Rhetoric of Film


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Study of filmic communication, including introduction to representative critics and critical systems; based on viewing of selected films. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 476G - Non-Fiction Workshop


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Theory and practice of writing literary non-fiction for publication in such areas as travel and nature writing, cultural analysis, and literary journalism. Critical examination of models of noted prose writers from Thucydides to Annie Dillard.

    Prereq: ENGL 325  or ENGL 326  or ENGL 327  or ENGL 328  or graduate status.
  
  • ENGL 480 - Professional Design Studio I


    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Professional development strategies for writers.

    Prereq: ENGL 290  
    Pre/Coreq: ENGL 365  

  
  
  • ENGL 482G - Folklore Genres


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of the forms of folklore and the techniques, tools, and skills used to study them. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 484G - Feminist Literary Criticism


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Survey of the history of and current developments in the field in relation to major theoretical movements, including psychoanalysis, postmodernism, deconstruction, Marxism. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 490 - Senior Seminar


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Synthesis of issues and problems. Application or research skills and knowledge of literary/Cultural traditions.

    Prereq: Three hours of 400-level credit in English
    Rstr: Senior-level English majors or Senior-level English secondary majors
  
  • ENGL 496G - Major Literary Figures


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit when topic changes. A course of variable content focusing on the work of not more than three major literary figures. Students not meeting prerequisites may enroll with permission from instructor.

  
  • ENGL 497G - Special Projects I


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Individual research or writing projects in fields students wish to study intensively.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor required
  
  • ENGL 498G - Special Projects II


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Individual research or writing projects in fields students wish to study intensively.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor required
  
  • ENGL 499G - Special Topics in English


    1-6 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1-6 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit. Offered by special arrangement with the department head. Topics may vary each time the course is taught.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor required
  
  • ENGL 500 - Professional Colloquium


    0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Required of all beginning graduate students to aid them in understanding the university community. Includes the teaching environment, the evaluation of instruction, scholarship, and bibliography.

  
  • ENGL 501 - Teaching College English


    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Professional practices, ethics, and teaching techniques at the college level. Includes supervised teaching and observation.

  
  • ENGL 502 - Old English Grammar and Readings


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Stress on grammar with readings in prose and poetry, exclusive of Beowulf.

  
  • ENGL 503 - Beowulf


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Translation and close critical analysis of the Old English epic with some attention to the historical and linguistic setting.

  
  • ENGL 505 - Medieval Studies


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. Studies in specific themes and genres of medieval English and European literature.

  
  • ENGL 506 - Principles of Linguistics


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    In-depth introduction to the principles of linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

  
  • ENGL 509 - College English Practicum


    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Pedagogical techniques and supervised teaching at the college level.

    Grading Option: S/U
  
  • ENGL 510 - Shakespeare and Contemporaries


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    English Renaissance dramatic texts, culture, film, criticism, and theory.

  
  • ENGL 511 - Problems in the Drama Exclusive of the Renaissance


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies each time course is offered. Special problems in the drama of Western Civilization.

  
  • ENGL 513 - Studies in Chaucer


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Works of Chaucer and relevant critical problems.

  
  • ENGL 515 - Renaissance Studies


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. English Renaissance epic, lyrics, drama, prose, culture, criticism, and theory.

  
  • ENGL 520 - Early Modern Literary World


    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Early modern literature in context of transatlantic imperial expansion, 1500-1700.

 

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