ENGL 0003 Basic Writing I

This course is for students who need to review basic grammar rules and mechanics. Included within this course is intensive instruction in grammar, mechanics, and paragraph structure. The course also provides instruction in essay writing, editing, and proofreading. This course does not apply toward total credit hours for graduation.

ENGL 0033 Basic Writing II

This course is designed to provide Writing I students with an additional semester of work to enhance writing skills including multiple paragraph writing, editing, and proofreading.  This course does not apply toward total credit hours for graduation. Prerequisite: ENGL 0003 or permission.

ENGL 1113 Composition I

Required of all students. This course prepares students for college-level writing. Essay organization, development, and style, as well as critical thinking skills will be emphasized.

Note: Placement standards may require students to take one or more preparatory courses before being admitted to ENGL 1113.

ENGL 1213 Composition II

Basic requirement for graduation. A continuation of the writing experiences begun in Composition I. Writing experiences are concurrent with thematic material, including imaginative literature and writing across the curriculum. Incorporation of research techniques leading to production of research papers. Prerequisite: ENGL 1113.

ENGL 2023 Creative Writing

This course will focus on writing poetry and fiction. Students will be encouraged to discuss their writing in this workshop. Prerequisite: ENGL 1113 or instructor’s permission.

ENGL 2313 World Literature to 1600

A survey of significant world literature from the beginning of the written word to 1600, as evidenced in fiction, drama, essays, and poetry. Includes a study of various literary genres and conventions; research techniques; critical writing exercises; and discussion.

ENGL 2333 Technical Writing

Introduction to technical writing, focusing on forms of applied writing in each student's area of specialization. Prerequisite: ENGL 1113.

ENGL 2543 British Literature to 1700

A survey of British Literature from the origins of language to 1700.

ENGL 2613 Introduction to Literature

Introduction of various genres of prose (fiction, drama/film) and poetry. Includes literary terms, verse, image, and language of poetry. Also includes research techniques, critical writing exercises, and discussion. Humanities elective.

ENGL 2653 British Literature from 1700

A survey of British literature from 1700 to the present.

ENGL 2773 American Literature to 1865

A survey of American literature from its colonial beginning to approximately 1865.

ENGL 2883 American Literature from 1865

A survey of American literature from approximately 1865 to the present.

ENGL 2933 World Literature from 1600

A survey of world literature from 1600 to present, as evidenced in fiction, drama, essays, and poetry. Includes a study of various literary genres and conventions; research techniques; critical writing exercises and discussion.

ENGL 3033 Creative Writing for Game Design

This course will examine the intrinsic creative elements of game design and provide students with the crucial skills required for designing their own original games for the retail market. Prerequisite: ENGL 1213. Highly recommended: ENGL 2023.

ENGL 3113 Advanced Technical Writing

In-depth study of technical writing required in business and science careers and in graduate schools. Focuses on forms of applied writing with required research in each student's area of specialization. Prerequisite: ENGL 1213.

ENGL 3123 Topics in Advanced Composition

Practice in writing with emphasis on style and strategies of composition. Focus varies: practice in various literary genres; study of rhetoric, practice in various modes; argumentative writing; advanced expository writing. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and ENGL 1213 or instructor’s permission.

ENGL 3423 The Novel

Consideration of the work of major novelists. Course will be comparative and based on concepts to include theme and artistic expression.

ENGL 3443 Studies in Poetry

This course analyzes the elements, forms, and history of poetry written in and/or translated into English. The course will be comparative and historical, tracing developments in poetry from its beginnings to the present. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and ENGL 1213.

ENGL 4133 Fiction Writing

Intensive writing of short stories, with class attention to writing process, style, technique, revision and contemporary developments in the genre. Prerequisite: ENGL 2023 or instructor’s permission.

ENGL 4143 Poetry Writing

Intensive writing of poetry, with class attention to writing process, style, technique, revision and contemporary developments in the genre. Prerequisite: ENGL 2023 or instructor’s permission.

ENGL 4223 Shakespeare

Analysis of a selection of Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies, histories, sonnets, and other lyric poetry. Selected criticism, 1600 to the present. Historical background and Shakespeare’s theater.

ENGL 4453 Literary Traditions

Literature studied includes, but is not limited to, world, British, and American literature approached thematically, regionally, historically, and generically.

ENGL 4710 Directed Studies

Intensive independent reading and research on a selected topic, writer, or movement in literature, criticism, research, or rhetoric. 1-3 credit hours. Open to students in a graduating semester.