Course Descriptions - English
ENGL 1005 Literature: A Global Perspective
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course offers an introduction to global literature. With the help of influential writers from around the world, we will explore some of the pressing social, political and cultural questions of the present day. In addition to strengthening your skills as a reader, this class offers you the opportunity to become a better writer.
NOTES: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with any one of
ENGL 1015.03,
ENGL 1025.03,
ENGL 1040.03,
ENGL 1050.03,
ENGL 1060.03 or
ENGL 1100.03.
FORMAT:
ENGL 1006 Literature: A Global Perspective (non-Writing Requirement)
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course offers an introduction to global literature. With the help of influential writers from around the world, we will explore some of the pressing social, political and cultural questions of the present day. In addition to strengthening your skills as a reader, this class offers you the opportunity to become a better writer. This is the non-Writing Requirement version of the course: For the WR version, see
ENGL 1005.03.
FORMAT: Lecture
EXCLUSIONS:
ENGL 1005.03
ENGL 1015 Literature: How it Works
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course provides an overview of literary genres and techniques, and an introduction to the analysis of literary forms and language. Readings will be drawn from the principal literary genres: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fictional prose. Readings will represent a variety of authors, genres, national literatures, and time periods, but the principal emphasis is on the relation of literary form to content and on training students in the close analysis and interpretation of literary meaning.
NOTES: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with any one of
ENGL 1005.03,
ENGL 1025.03,
ENGL 1040.03,
ENGL 1050.03,
ENGL 1060.03, or
ENGL 1100.03.
FORMAT:
ENGL 1017 Literature: How it Works (non-Writing Requirement)
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course provides an overview of literary genres and techniques, and an introduction to the analysis of literary forms and language. Readings will be drawn from the principal literary genres: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fictional prose. Readings will represent a variety of authors, genres, national literatures, and time periods, but the principal emphasis is on the relation of literary form to content and on training students in the close analysis and interpretation of literary meaning. This is the non-Writing Requirement version of the course: For the WR version, see
ENGL 1015.03.
FORMAT: Lecture
EXCLUSIONS:
ENGL 1015.03
ENGL 1025 Literature: Why it Matters
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course considers the value and evaluation of literary works. It addresses such topics as the pleasures of literary reading, the concept of literature, and the criteria used in judging literature. The material includes a selection of literary works, both popular and classic, drawn from early and recent periods, and in different genres. Though students will be expected to analyze these works for their styles and meanings, the approach taken will be aesthetic and sociological.
NOTES: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with any one of
ENGL 1005.03,
ENGL 1015.03,
ENGL 1040.03,
ENGL 1050.03
ENGL 1060.03 or
ENGL 1100.03.
FORMAT:
ENGL 1026 Literature: Why it Matters (non-Writing Requirement)
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course considers the value and evaluation of literary works. It addresses such topics as the pleasures of literary reading, the concept of literature, and the criteria used in judging literature. The material includes a selection of literary works, both popular and classic, drawn from early and recent periods, and in different genres. Though students will be expected to analyze these works for their styles and meanings, the approach taken will be aesthetic and sociological. This is the non-Writing Requirement version of the course: For the WR version, see
ENGL 1025.03.
FORMAT: Lecture
EXCLUSIONS:
ENGL 1025.03
ENGL 1030 Reading and Writing Stories
CREDIT HOURS: 6
This class introduces students to the key facets of a writer's craft, including its methods and its practices, its genres and their masters. Students will study the techniques of a range of literary works in order to become familiar with the terminology and concepts central to literary studies. They will also hone their skills as creative writers through individual and collaborative expression, and will follow a number of original creative works from first draft to finished version. These skills and activities will be supported by tutorials, writing workshops, and lectures.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: Meets Writing Requirement
CROSS-LISTING:
CRWR 1030.06
ENGL 1040 Reading Popular Culture: Writing Requirement
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces students to methods of analyzing forms of cultural expression. It engages students in the serious study of diverse creative media including film, television, literature, video games, electronic texts, jokes, advertising, graffiti, cartoons, song lyrics and consumer goods. Explicit instruction in clear and forceful writing is an important component of this course. For the non-WR version, see
ENGL 1041.
NOTES: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with any one of
ENGL 1005.03,
ENGL 1015.03,
ENGL 1025.03,
ENGL 1050.03,
ENGL 1060.03 or
ENGL 1100.03.
FORMAT:
EXCLUSIONS:
ENGL 1041.03
ENGL 1041 Reading Popular Culture: non-Writing Requirement
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces students to methods of analyzing forms of cultural expression. It engages students in the serious study of diverse creative media including film, television, literature, video games, electronic, texts, jokes, advertising, graffiti, cartoons, song lyrics and consumer goods. This is the non-Writing Requirement version of the course: For the WR version, see
ENGL 1040.
FORMAT:
- Lecture
- Tutorial
- Discussion
EXCLUSIONS:
ENGL 1040.03
ENGL 1050 Pulp Fiction: Writing Requirement
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course provides an entry point to the discussion of literature through ‘pulp’ genres such as romance, mystery/crime, the Western, sci-fi/fantasy, horror, sports literature, and comic books. It is available in Writing-Requirement and non-Writing Requirement versions. Explicit instruction in clear and forceful writing is an important component of this course. For the non-Writing Requirement version, see
ENGL 1051.
FORMAT:
- Lecture
- Tutorial
- Discussion
FORMAT COMMENTS: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with any one of
ENGL 1005.03,
ENGL 1015.03,
ENGL 1025.03,
ENGL 1040.03,
ENGL 1060.03 or
ENGL 1100.03.
EXCLUSIONS:
ENGL 1051.03
ENGL 1051 Pulp Fiction: non-Writing Requirement
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course provides an entry point to the discussion of literature through 'pulp' genres such as romance, mystery/crime, the Western, sci-fi/fantasy, horror, sports literature, and comic books. This is the non-Writing requirement version of the course. For the WR version see
ENGL 1050.
FORMAT:
- Lecture
- Tutorial
- Discussion
EXCLUSIONS:
ENGL 1050.03
ENGL 1060 Reading Literature and Science
CREDIT HOURS: 3
While literature and science are often seen as opposed ways of discussing and analyzing the world, their history has always been intertwined. Literature has often pondered the ethical questions of scientific experiment, as in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or contemplated the social and cultural transformations wrought by scientific development, as in Henry Adams’ meditation on electricity and religion. Likewise, language, literature, and culture have informed how science has been understood, and even which questions science has asked. In this course, we will read novels, plays, and poems that relate to a range of scientific disciplines. We will discuss how scientific discourses across a range of disciplines function, and how literature addresses and transforms those discourses.
NOTES: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with any one of
ENGL 1005.03,
ENGL 1015.03, ENGL
1025.03,
ENGL 1040.03,
ENGL 1050.03 or
ENGL 1100.03.
FORMAT:
ENGL 1100 Writing for University
CREDIT HOURS: 3
An introduction to rhetoric and composition, this course is designed to prepare students to write analytic and research papers. Grammatical and rhetorical terms are addressed, and the course includes a number of assignments to hone writing skills from outline to revision.
FORMAT:
- Lecture
- Tutorial
- Discussion
FORMAT COMMENTS: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with any one of
ENGL 1005.03,
ENGL 1015.03,
ENGL 1025.03,
ENGL 1040, or
ENGL 1050.03.
ENGL 2001 British Literature to 1800
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course traces the course of British Literature from its beginnings to the year 1800. Starting with Old English works such as
Beowulf in their historical contexts, we will move on to Middle English, Renaissance, Restoration, and eighteenth-century literature, looking at writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Behn, Swift, and Pope. This course puts special emphasis on developing skills in critical thinking, literary historical research, and scholarly argumentation.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: Completion of 6.0 credit hours at the 1000 level in ENGL, CRWR, KING or PERF
EXCLUSIONS: ENGL 2205.06
ENGL 2002 British Literature after 1800
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course studies many of the traditions and influential writers in British Literature from 1800 to the present. Studying these writers will orient students to British literary history and introduce them to key issues and concepts. This course will also emphasize developing skills in critical thinking, scholarly argumentation, and documentation.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: Completion of 6.0 credit hours at the 1000 level in ENGL, CRWR, KING or PERF
EXCLUSIONS: ENGL 2205.06
ENGL 2003 American Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course is an introduction to some of the traditions and influential texts of American literature, from its colonial beginnings to the present, providing historical orientation and demonstrating the diversity of American literature. The course will also emphasize developing skills in critical thinking, scholarly argumentation, and documentation.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: Completion of 6.0 credit hours at the 1000 level in ENGL, CRWR, KING or PERF
ENGL 2004 Canadian Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
From early exploration narratives to contemporary fiction, this course will survey a wide range of key texts in the development of Canadian literature in English. It will consider the literary and historical contexts that inform our readings, and identify and interrogate the various myths, images, icons and institutions that structure our ideas of what it means to be Canadian. This course will also emphasize developing skills in critical thinking, scholarly argumentation, and documentation.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: Completion of 6.0 credit hours at the 1000 level in ENGL, CRWR, KING or PERF
CROSS-LISTING:
CANA 2004.03
EXCLUSIONS: ENGL 2207.06
ENGL 2005 World Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course will introduce students to some of the most influential writers from around the globe, with a focus on contemporary literature written in English or studied in translation. These writers raise pressing questions about the meaning of justice, the power of nations, and the value of human imagination in our global world. This course will also emphasize developing skills in critical thinking, scholarly argumentation, and documentation.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: Completion of 6.0 credit hours at the 1000 level in ENGL, CRWR, KING or PERF
EXCLUSIONS: ENGL 2212.03, ENGL 2213.03
ENGL 2006 Cultural Studies
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course surveys notions of “culture” from both historical and theoretical perspectives and introduces students to the critical study of the multiple forms and uses of popular culture. This course will also emphasize developing skills in critical thinking, scholarly argumentation, and documentation.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: Completion of 6.0 credit hours at the 1000 level in ENGL, CRWR, KING or PERF
EXCLUSIONS: ENGL 2240.06
ENGL 2010 The Personal Essay
CREDIT HOURS: 3
In the personal essay we use moments and material from our lives to communicate meaning to a reader. The trick of it, suggests Philip Lopate, is to “make the small loom large” by using the humble details of daily life to address some aspect of the human condition. With this challenge in mind, this course considers a wide range of personal essays and allows students to try their hands at writing in this form. Class time will be divided between the analysis of published essays and the development of original work.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: Any class or combination of classes that satisfies the College of Arts and Social Sciences Writing Requirement.
CROSS-LISTING:
CRWR 2010