Writing Intensive Courses in English

ENG 115 Introduction to Literature 3 SH: An introduction to literary forms (fiction, poetry, drama) and terminology, designed to give the student a basis for the appreciation of literature as well as a foundation for further literary study. (writing intensive)

ENG 201 World Literature I 3 SH: An introduction to Greek, Latin, and other literatures in translation. Selected epic poems and plays. (writing intensive)

ENG 202 World Literature II 3 SH: International novel and drama in translation. Selected works from different centuries and countries. (writing intensive)

ENG 203, 204 Literature of the United States I, II 3, 3 SH: A two-term survey of the literature of the United States, beginning in the colonial period and continuing to the present day. (writing intensive)

ENG 205, 206 English Literature I, II 3, 3 SH: A two-term survey of English literature, intended to familiarize the student with the important authors, works, and movements from a historical perspective. (writing intensive)

ENG 207 News Writing I 3 SH: Designed to introduce the student to the elementary principles and techniques of gathering facts and writing and evaluating news. Emphasis in writing news is on accuracy, clarity, and objective journalistic style. (writing intensive)

ENG 208 News Writing II 3 SH: Prerequisite: ENG 207; Stressing further the nature of newspaper work and the responsibilities of a free press, this is a continuation of English 207. Expanded attention is given to recognizing and writing news stories. (writing intensive)

ENG 209 Editorial Techniques I 3 SH: An introduction to the editing process. The course will focus on line editing and copy editing in order to eliminate stylistic faults that most often impede reading and obscure meaning. (writing intensive)

ENG 210 Editorial Techniques II 3 SH: The course will emphasize editing practice in various forms of journalism: news, interpretation, features, and opinion. Detailed criticism of writing will be conducted in class workshops. (writing intensive)

ENG 302 Advanced Composition 3 SH: A course designed for students who want to extend their writing skills beyond the scope of ENG 112. Class activities and assignments will focus on developing a more sophisticated prose style and writing various types of expository essays. (writing intensive)

ENG 303 Technical Writing 3 SH: Technical writing is a specialized field of communication whose purpose is to convey technical and scientific information and ideas accurately and efficiently. Students will study strategies for technical reporting and write proposals, case studies, and formal reports while conducting research and data analysis. (writing intensive)

ENG 304 Business Communication 3 SH: Development of critical writing used in business, science, technology, and government. The course will emphasize library research in professionally-related fields, assigned essays and reports, letters and memoranda, oral communications, case analyses, and job search strategies. (writing intensive)

ENG 305 Creative Writing 3 SH: Extensive practice in writing poetry and short fiction under close supervision. (writing intensive)

ENG 307 History of the English Language 3 SH: Development of the English language from its beginnings to the present. (writing intensive)

ENG 308 Special Studies in English 3 SH: A study of selected topics. Course content will change regularly and will be announced prior to registration. Students need not be English majors. (writing intensive)

ENG 310 Age of Chaucer 3 SH: Readings from the works of Chaucer and other fourteenth-century English writers. (writing intensive)

ENG 311 Shakespeare I 3 SH: A study of Shakespeare's sonnets against their literary and cultural background, and an introduction to Shakespeare's drama through a close reading of such early plays as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Richard II, and others. (writing intensive)

ENG 312 Shakespeare II 3 SH: A close reading of Shakespeare's major plays: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest and of such other plays of the 1600's as Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, and The Winter's Tale. (writing intensive)
: While English 311 is not a prerequisite for English 312, students are encouraged to take both, and in sequence.

ENG 313 English Renaissance 3 SH: Readings from the prose, poetry, and drama of the sixteenth century, and including lyric poetry from the early seventeenth century. (writing intensive)

ENG 317 Age of Milton 3 SH: Prose and poetry of seventeenth-century England with the primary emphasis on Milton. (writing intensive)

ENG 318 Literature of the Press 3 SH: Readings from the writings of journalists--about their lives, about their work. Ideas to be discussed: journalists in historical perspective; journalists as initiators or followers of political and social trends; journalists as propagandists; journalists as mediators of popular culture. (writing intensive)

ENG 319 Magazine Writing 3 SH: Designed to examine the research methods and techniques of writing for periodicals. Classes will be organized around writing projects oriented towards the student's major, with special attention to the coverage of topics arising from social, political, economic, or technological issues. (writing intensive)

ENG 400 Children's Literature 3 SH: A survey of changing concepts of the nature of childhood, as seen in children's literature, the history of children's literature, and methods of presenting literature to children. (writing intensive)

ENG 403 Eighteenth-Century British Literature 3 SH: A survey of English literature from Dryden to Burns. Though the emphasis falls on Swift, Pope, and Johnson, there will be substantial reading in minor authors who provide essential background for the period. (writing intensive)

ENG 405 Nineteenth-Century British Literature 3 SH: A study of selected nineteenth-century English authors from the Romantic and/or Victorian Periods. The course is developed around major literary and cultural themes of the period as they are expressed in the works of major writers. (writing intensive)

ENG 410 Twentieth- Century British Literature 3 SH: An intensive seminar featuring works by such writers as Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, Eliot, and later figures. (writing intensive)

ENG 411 Topics in Nineteenth-Century American Literature 3 SH: An investigation of important topics in the literature of the period. (writing intensive)

ENG 412 Topics in Twentieth-Century American Literature 3 SH: An investigation of important topics in the literature of the period. (writing intensive)

ENG 427 Senior Seminar 3 SH: Senior English majors only.; Selected primary and critical readings leading to a research paper and a presentation. (writing intensive)