2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

EN 422 Milton 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: EN 211 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The poetry and several of the major prose works of Milton.

EN 420 Shakespeare 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: EN 211 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The poetry and plays of Shakespeare. Course will culminate in a substantial research project.

EN 412 Chaucer 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: EN 211 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

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.

EN 411Z Topics in World Literature 3-4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

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.

EN 411 Topics in World Literature 3-4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: EN 211, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Social Responsibility in a Diverse World (SOCR)
  • Social Responsibility in a Diverse World (SOCR)
  • World Cultures University Requirement (WC)

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.

EN 410 Genres of Writing 1-4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: EN 211 or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

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.

EN 407 Feature and Magazine Writing 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: EN 211, EN 217, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

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.

EN 406 Advanced Newswriting 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: EN 211, EN 217, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

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.

EN 405 Technical Writing Seminar 4 cr.

• Offered: Every other year
• Prerequisites: EN 303 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The study of technical communication theory, conventions and forms, and the further pursuit of excellence in writing technical documents.

EN 403 Drama and Script Writing Seminar 4 cr.

• Offered: Every other winter
• Prerequisites: EN 215 or EN 300 or EN 301 or EN 302 and junior standing.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The study of drama and script theory, conventions and forms, and the pursuit of excellence in writing these forms.