Courses
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- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: EN 300 or instructor's permission.
The study of fiction theory, conventions and forms, and the further pursuit of excellence in writing fiction.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: EN 301 or instructor's permission.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: EN 302 or instructor's permission.
- Offered: Every other winter
- Prerequisites: EN 215 or EN 300 or EN 301 or EN 302 and junior standing.
- Offered: Every other year
- Prerequisites: EN 303 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
The study of technical communication theory, conventions and forms, and the further pursuit of excellence in writing technical documents.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: EN 211, EN 217, junior standing or instructor's permission.
An advanced course that builds reporting and writing skills for print journalism, with emphasis on complex story forms and specialized content, including public affiars and beat (niche) reporting.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: EN 211, EN 217, junior standing or instructor's permission.
An advanced course in journalistic feature writing for both newspapers and magazines. Students will write several types of short feature articles, come up with story ideas, research topics and interview sources and, as a final project, produce a full-length, well-researched magazine article.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211 or instructor's permission.
An upper-level writing course that explores a specific genre of writing. This course is devoted to reading and writing within the genre, as well as studying the background of the genre.
Notes: May be repeated if topic differs.- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
A variable-format course with a general focus on critical reading and comparative analysis including interdisciplinary approaches. Special topics will introduce single national or transnational groupings of text, organized around such principles as genre, theme, canonicity, identity, theory and intellectual movements.
Notes: May be repeated if topic differs. Available for an additional research credit; students must be registered for the three-credit course before signing up for the additional credit. This additional credit must be added separately.- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
A variable-format course with a general focus on critical reading and comparative analysis including interdisciplinary approaches. Special topics will introduce single national or transnational groupings of text, organized around such principles as genre, theme, canonicity, identity, theory and intellectual movements.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
Critical reading, in relation to medieval literary and social background, of The Canterbury Tales and other works in the original language. Course will culminate in a substantial research project.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
The historical development of the English language, from its Indo-European origins to its present status as an international lingua franca; dialect variation in modern English; and the position of English among world languages.
- Offered: Every other fall
- Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
A survey of modern standard English grammar and usage. Topics include lexical categories, phrase structure, clause structure, modification, subordination, discourse functions of grammar, punctuation, and the acquisition of grammatical features.
- Offered: Every other winter
- Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
A survey of theoretical models and research in second language acquisition. Topics include language acquisition in children and adults, psychological and social factors, SLA research design, and implications for classroom language teaching.
- Offered: Every other winter. Contact department.
- Prerequisites: EN 415 or instructor’s permission.
A survey of methods and materials for teaching English as a second or foreign language. Topics include TESOL settings and contexts; the four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; classroom management and activities; technology and language teaching; and TESOL resources and support.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: EN 211 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
The poetry and plays of Shakespeare. Course will culminate in a substantial research project.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
The poetry and several of the major prose works of Milton.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 125 or EN 225, or instructor's permission.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
An in-depth study of literary works by a single author, or a small number of linked authors, in relation to literary, critical, and historical context. Coursework culminates in a substantial research project. Author(s) to be announced in advance.
Notes: May be repeated if topic differs.- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
A study of the role and significance of gender in literature, concentrating on a particular genre and/or period. Generally, the emphasis will be on women writers and/or the portrayal of gender. Coursework culminates in a substantial research project.
Notes: May be repeated if topic differs.- Offered: Every other year.
- Prerequisites:
Junior standing or instructor's permission.
Cross listed as ED 462.
A comprehensive study of books for young adults, designed for secondary school teachers. Needs and interests of adolescents are studied along with selection principles to fiction and nonfiction of all types. Emphasis is placed on developmental reading for the accelerated, the average and the reluctant student.
Notes: Available for an additional research credit; students must be registered for the three-credit course before signing up for the additional credit. This additional credit must be added separately.- Offered: Fall Winter
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission. A strong background in literature is recommended.
The subject, an analysis of a literary genre or a study of literary criticism, is announced in advance.
Notes: Limited to 20 students. May be repeated if topic differs. Available for an additional research credit; students must be registered for the three-credit course before signing up for the additional credit. This additional credit must be added separately.- Offered: On demand
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission. Screening by department committee.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: EN 247, EN 366 and senior standing or instructor's permission.
A capstone course in which students use the skills learned in the major to explore a common topic, produce a substantial writing project that requires significant research, and prepare for graduate school and postgraduate careers. Required of all English majors except for Secondary Education English Majors.