English (ENGL) 1

ENGLISH (ENGL) ENGL 1940 - Advanced Writing

3 Credits
[Equivalent to ENGL 1900.] Designed for probable majors in English or
ENGL 0900 - Introduction to Writing Humanities. Through study of a subject tied to the research interests
3 Credits of the professor, this course emphasizes critical reading, argumentative
Assists in the development of the basics of written expression and writing, rhetorical awareness, and research. Serves as the first in a
reading, including grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, thesis recommended sequence that includes ENGL 3750, and ENGL 4940.
formulation, complexities of expository works. Pass/No Pass only. Offered regularly.
ENGL 1500 - The Process of Composition Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500, ENGL 1505, ACT English with a minimum
3 Credits score of 25, SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 600, English Waiver per
Develops effective personal and expository prose writing skills, including Advisor with a minimum score of 1500, or SAT EVIDENCE-BASED READ/
methods of invention, organization, audience analysis, and style. Focuses WRIT with a minimum score of 600)
on the compositional process. Attributes: Foundations of Discourse (CAS)

ENGL 1900 - Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research ENGL 1980 - Independent Study
3 Credits 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Studies complex structures of language including its logical and ENGL 2020 - Introduction to Literary Study
persuasive possibilities. Emphasizes analytical reading, critical thinking, 3 Credits
and research methodology skills. Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500, SLU English Placement with a minimum literary texts, including major terms, methods, and concepts.
score of 1900, or SLU English Portfolio with a minimum score of P) Prerequisite(s): (English Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of
Attributes: Foundations of Discourse (CAS), UUC:Written & Visual Comm 1900 or ENGL 1900)
ENGL 1903 - Writing, Rhetoric, and Research Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist &
3 Credits Culture
Over the course of the term, students research and compose a persuasive ENGL 2026 - Reading in a Distracted Age
essay related to the role of rhetoric in ethical public discourse. This essay, 3 Credits
which students develop in stages over the term, will grow out of the It is hard to read well in an age of speed and distraction. We want instant
reading, research, and revision they pursue in the course. By the end of access, moment-to-moment news, updated scores, the latest tweet or
the term, students will be able to craft a persuasive messages across email, and movies and shows to binge watch. Our ways of reading in a
textual and visual modes. The essay is the key to the course, but students digital age train us to skim, to get the gist of an argument and move on
also learn about the value and ethics of rhetoric through their discovery to the next stimulus. We end up with bits of information that produce
of and participation in the research and writing process. a shallow, fragmented, and one-sided understanding. The goal of this
Restrictions: course is to cultivate reading habits that deepen our appreciation for
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl for Professional Studies literature and that equip us to read confidently and skillfully.
college. Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl for Professional Studies
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only, UUC:Written & Visual Comm
college.
ENGL 1920 - Advanced Writing for Professionals
3 Credits Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture
Advanced instruction in expository and argumentative writing with issues ENGL 2250 - Conflict, Social Justice and Literature
relevant to engineers. 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500 or SLU English Placement with a minimum This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of
score of 1900) Cultural Conflict and Social Justice. Through the reading of a wide variety
Restrictions: of genres - including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl of Science Engineering college. students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading,
comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: UUC:Written & Visual Comm
Attributes: Confluence - Elective, Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA
ENGL 1925 - Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research Lab: Video Requirement(CAS), Service Leadership Social Just, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist
and Podcasting & Culture, UUC:Dignity, Ethics & Just Soc, Urban Poverty - Social Justice
1 Credit (Repeatable up to 1 credit)
ENGL 2350 - Faith, Doubt and Literature
This Advanced Strategies of Research and Rhetoric Lab supports
3 Credits
students in their development of video and podcasting skills, encouraging
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme
them to expand their research from their ENGL 1900/1920 courses into
of Faith and Doubt. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres -
advanced media projects. The first part of the course is dedicated to
including drama, poetry, and fiction - this course engages students in
developing the skills and techniques required for researching, planning,
literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative
and recording podcasts, while the second half of the course encourages
textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
students to experiment with the range of practical skills necessary for
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
making engaging short videos.
UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture
ENGL 1930 - Special Topics
1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
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ENGL 2400 - Introduction to Drama ENGL 2850 - Nation, Identity, and Literature
3 Credits 3 Credits
Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of
drama, including major terms, methods, and concepts. nation and identity. Through reading a wide variety of genres - including
Restrictions: drama, fiction, and poetry - the course engages students in literary ways
Enrollment limited to students in the 1818 Advanced College Credit of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis,
college. and argumentative and reflective writing.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist &
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS) Culture
ENGL 2450 - Nature, Ecology & Literature ENGL 2930 - Special Topics
3 Credits 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of
ENGL 2980 - Independent Study
Nature and Ecology. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres -
1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in
literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative ENGL 3000 - Encountering English
textual analysis, and argumentative writing. 3 Credits
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Students reflect on why the study of English matters through encounters
UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture with literary and rhetorical texts, from novels and poems to films and
podcasts. The course introduces key skills such as close reading,
ENGL 2550 - Gender, Identity & Literature
careful analysis, and the use of literary, rhetorical, and critical concepts.
3 Credits
In addition, students in the course are introduced to professional
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of
research practices in English, including citation guidelines and the use of
Gender and Identity. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres -
appropriate library databases.
including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in * *
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500 or ENGL 1900 )
literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative
textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Confluence - Elective, *
Concurrent enrollment allowed.
Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature
BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Identities in ENGL 3020 - Shapes of English
Context, WGST Elective 3 Credits
This course examines a particular genre, subgenre, form, or medium,
ENGL 2600 - Introduction to Short Fiction attending to the historical conditions of its development and exploring
3 Credits its unique features. Through sustained analysis, students engage larger
Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to questions about how categories and conventions come into being, shape
short fiction, including major terms, methods, and concepts. Offered and convey meaning, and address cultural preoccupations.
regularly. * *
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500 or ENGL 1900 )
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
*
ENGL 2650 - Technology, Media & Literature Concurrent enrollment allowed.
3 Credits Attributes: English Form & Genre
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of ENGL 3050 - Creative Writing: Poetry
Technology and Media. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres 3 Credits
- including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in An introduction through reading and writing to common poetic forms.
literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative Offered regularly.
textual analysis, and argumentative writing. Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric,
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture Requirement(CAS), UUC:Creative Expression
ENGL 2750 - Film, Culture and Literature ENGL 3060 - Creative Writing: Fiction
3 Credits 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme An introduction through reading and writing to the fundamentals of short
of Film and Culture. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres - story writing, with some attention to the problems of longer narrative
including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in forms. Offered regularly.
literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric,
textual analysis, and argumentative writing. English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Film Studies, Film & Media - Critical Requirement(CAS), UUC:Creative Expression
Study, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective, UUC:Aesthetics,
Hist & Culture
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ENGL 3070 - Creative Writing: Drama ENGL 3150 - True Crime: Forensic and Literary Perspectives
3 Credits 3 Credits
An introduction through reading and writing to the fundamentals of This course examines the intersection of forensic science and literary/
drama writing. Offered regularly. media history in several major true crime case studies. How does
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric, true crime portray or misconceive forensic science? How does true
English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS crime distinguish itself from other kinds of crime-related genres? Why
Requirement(CAS), UUC:Creative Expression do certain cases garner attention, and what cultural crises do they
address? Students will learn techniques utilized in crime laboratories
ENGL 3080 - Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
and sometimes apply those techniques to older case studies. They will
3 Credits
also become adept close readers of a variety of texts, such as podcasts,
An introduction through reading and writing to different aspects and
documentaries, non-fiction novels, and newspaper articles.
modes of prose nonfiction, e.g., journal writing, the personal essay, and
Prerequisite(s): (CORE 1000 or UUC Ignite Seminar Waiver with a
the development of individual style. *
minimum score of S); CORE 1500 ; Minimum Earned Credits of 60;
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric,
CORE 1900
English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
Requirement(CAS), UUC:Creative Expression
*
ENGL 3090 - Creative Writing: Poetry and Translation Concurrent enrollment allowed.
3 Credits Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), FRSC - Crime Scene Inv Conc El,
A study through reading and writing of the problems involved in English Form & Genre, Forensic Science Elective, Forensic Science - Minor
literature and translation. Specific techniques will be introduced through Elect, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
translation exercises. Emphasis may be on poetry, fiction or drama. UUC:Collaborative Inquiry, UUC:Writing Intensive
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA ENGL 3170 - European Drama
Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS) 3 Credits
ENGL 3100 - Topics in Creative Writing This course will familiarize students with the wide range of European
3 Credits dramatic literature. Close attention will be paid to the plays’ social,
Selected topics in creative writing: content varies. political, and economic contexts, their illustration of literary and dramatic
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric, English form and practice, and what makes them work as texts for performance.
Form & Genre, Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature Attributes: English Form & Genre, International Studies, International
BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Creative Expression Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
Requirement(CAS)
ENGL 3110 - American Short Story
3 Credits ENGL 3180 - Film
Studies short stories by nineteenth and twentieth-century American 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
authors, to show the unity and diversity of the form from the beginning to A study of selected films to show the diversity of films from the beginning
the present. Offered regularly. to the present.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Attributes: English Form & Genre, Film Studies, Film & Media - Critical
Literature BS Requirement(CAS) Study, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
ENGL 3140 - Poetry ENGL 3190 - Literature of Ridicule and Satire
3 Credits 3 Credits
Studies poetry to show the unity and diversity of the form from the Examines satiric literature from Aristophanes to the contemporary
beginning to the present. Offered occasionally. American novel. Offered occasionally.
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, ENGL 3210 - Fantasy and Literature
UUC:Writing Intensive 3 Credits
Examines literature about imaginary beings and worlds, including
chivalric romance, fairy tales, and ghost stories. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
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ENGL 3212 - Dark Academia ENGL 3260 - British Literary Traditions after 1800
3 Credits 3 Credits
This writing-intensive course introduces you to the genre of dark Examines representative works of nineteenth and twentieth century
academia and asks you to explore and analyze questions raised by British literature in light of major historical and cultural developments.
this field related to reality, relationships, identity, culture, and ethics. Strongly recommended for majors. Spring semester.
Through reading, watching, discussing, and presenting on key works in Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
dark academia, you will gain a broad understanding of the genre – its Attributes: Confluence - Elective, Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts
influences and influencers. This course will also allow you to explore & Contexts, English History & Context, International Studies, International
your impressions of and feelings toward the themes that make up dark Studies-Europe, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
academia, its pros and cons. The genre is steeped in gothic, Victorian, Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture,
and romantic forms but some works also exhibit shortcomings through UUC:Writing Intensive
their romanticizing of elitism. We’ll explore this together, and we’ll explore ENGL 3270 - American Literary Traditions to 1865
some dark academia spaces on our campus. Assignments include short 3 Credits
reflections, short presentations, and three academic papers. Examines representative works in American literature from the
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 beginnings to 1865 in light of major historical and cultural developments.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Strongly recommended for majors. Fall semester.
UUC:Writing Intensive Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
ENGL 3220 - Film and Literature Attributes: American Literature, Confluence - Elective, Educ American
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) Literature, Engl - Early Texts & Contexts, English History & Context,
Examines works of literature and film. Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Writing Intensive
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Film Studies, Film & Media - Critical ENGL 3280 - American Literatures after 1865
Study, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), 0 or 3 Credits
UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Writing Intensive Examines representative works in American literature after 1865 in
ENGL 3240 - Reading the Female Bildungsroman light of major historical and cultural developments. Includes coverage
3 Credits of issues of cultural diversity (e.g. race, class, gender) in relation to
Although as a genre the Bildungsroman has traditionally focused on the American literary culture during the period. Strongly recommended for
intellectual, social, and moral education of a male hero, women have majors.
variously employed this genre to tell alternate stories focused upon Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
female intellectual, social, and sexual development. This course provides Attributes: American Literature, Confluence - Elective, Educ American
a critical examination of the American Female Bildungsroman. Students Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, English History & Context,
will consider American novels, films and television shows that depict Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
a girl’s emergence into an often hostile national and social order to UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, Urban Poverty - Cycles Exclusn, Diversity
consider how gender affects selfhood, citizenship, and authorship. in the US (A&S), UUC:Writing Intensive
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 ENGL 3290 - Topics in American Literary Traditions
Attributes: Educ American Literature, English Form & Genre, Film 3 Credits
Studies, Film & Media - Critical Study, Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Examines selected topics and areas in American literary traditions:
UUC:Dignity, Ethics & Just Soc, Diversity in the US (A&S), UUC:Writing content varies.
Intensive, WGST Elective Attributes: Educ American Literature, English History & Context, Literature
ENGL 3241 - Young Adult Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
3 Credits ENGL 3300 - Eastern European Literature
Exploration of trends and issues in young adult literature, from its modern 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
origins in the 1960s to its most recent thematic and literary innovations. Studies literary reactions to and treatments of some of the most
Designed with beginning teachers in mind but also intended to meet the sweeping changes in Europe. Offered frequently.
needs of English majors and others with a general interest in the topic. Attributes: Educ World Literature, English History & Context,
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
Literature BS Requirement(CAS) Requirement(CAS), WGST Elective
ENGL 3250 - British Literary Traditions to 1800 ENGL 3310 - World Literary Traditions I
0 or 3 Credits 3 Credits
Examines representative works of medieval, renaissance, restoration, Studies selected literary works from the ancient world through the
and eighteenth century British literature in light of historical and cultural Renaissance. Offered occasionally.
developments. Strongly recommended for majors. Fall semester. Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Early Texts & Contexts,
Attributes: Confluence - Elective, Educ World Literature, Engl - Early English History & Context, Global Citizenship (CAS), Literature BA
Texts & Contexts, English History & Context, International Studies, Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective
International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature
BS Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800, Medieval (Minor) -
Literature, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture
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ENGL 3330 - World Literary Traditions III ENGL 3470 - Introduction to Shakespeare
3 Credits 0 or 3 Credits
Studies selected fiction, drama or other topics from a diverse range of Examines a selection of Shakespeare's major works with a focus on his
authors. Offered occasionally. appeal as a popular author as well as his achievement as a major poet
Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, English and craftsman. Offered every semester.
History & Context, Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
International Studies-Arts, Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Attributes: Confluence - Elective, Catholic Studies-English, Educ World
Elective, UUC:Global Interdependence, UUC:Identities in Context Literature, Engl - Early Texts & Contexts, English History & Context,
International Studies, International Studies-Europe, Literature BA
ENGL 3340 - Modern Literature
Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist
3 Credits
& Culture, UUC:Writing Intensive
Studies the variety and range of modern contemporary literature. Offered
occasionally. Cross-listed with THR 3500. ENGL 3490 - 19th Century British Literature
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), 0 or 3 Credits
Literature BS Requirement(CAS) Examines the development of British literature from 1800-1899, including
the various genres and forms, cultural trends, and historical contexts.
ENGL 3350 - Selected Major British Authors
Offered occasionally.
3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
A study of several major British writers. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, English
Attributes: Educ World Literature, English History & Context, Literature BA
History & Context, International Studies, International Studies-Europe,
Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
ENGL 3353 - Scottish Literature: Rediscovering the Voices UUC:Writing Intensive
3 Credits
ENGL 3500 - Literature of the Postcolonial World
Review of key events and connections in Scottish history, politics and
3 Credits
society, and their effects on Scottish literature. Close readings of texts
Examines representative works and major literary, historical, and cultural
from the Highlands, the East Coast, Edinburgh, Clydeside, and Orkney.
developments in the postcolonial literatures of Asia, Africa, and the
Development of literary analysis and critical thinking skills, as well as
Caribbean. Strongly recommended for majors.
effective response through discussion and written essays.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
Attributes: Asia in the World, Confluence - Elective, Educ World Literature,
Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, English Culture & Critique, Film Studies,
ENGL 3380 - The Classics and Literature Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-
3 Credits Arts, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature
Examines classical epics, tragedies, comedies, lyrics and myths and their BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective, UUC:Dignity, Ethics & Just Soc,
adaptations in English literature from the sixteenth to the nineteenth UUC:Global Interdependence, World Cultural Studies Electiv, WGST
centuries. Offered occasionally. Elective
Attributes: Classical Humanities, Catholic Studies-English, English
ENGL 3520 - African American Literary Traditions II: After 1900
Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
3 Credits
Requirement(CAS)
Examines African American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries
ENGL 3390 - Literature and Film of World War II including works of literature, essays, poems and short stories.
3 Credits Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
Examines the rhetoric of American representation of its experience of Attributes: Educ American Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, English
World War II, and how the war shaped the American experience. Offered Culture & Critique, Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist
frequently. & Culture, UUC:Dignity, Ethics & Just Soc, Urban Poverty - Cycles Exclusn,
Attributes: Educ American Literature, English History & Context, Film Diversity in the US (A&S), UUC:Writing Intensive
Studies, Film & Media - Critical Study, International Studies, Literature BS
ENGL 3530 - Topics in African American Literary Traditions
Requirement(CAS)
3 Credits
ENGL 3400 - War in Literature Examines selected topics and areas in African American literary
3 Credits traditions: content varies.
Examines how literature and film have represented war. Students will Attributes: Educ American Literature, English Culture & Critique, Literature
read literary, historical and journalistic texts, and will view films. Offered BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
occasionally.
ENGL 3540 - Literature of the African Diaspora
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
3 Credits
Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
An introduction to the fiction and poetry of Black African and African -
American writers.
Attributes: African American Studies, Educ American Literature, English
Culture & Critique, Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies,
International Studies-Africa, Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
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ENGL 3550 - Native American Literature ENGL 3610 - The City and Literature
3 Credits 3 Credits
Examines the ways in which Native American writers struggle to maintain Examines representations of the city in literature and film including how
their cultural identities and how they tell stories. Offered regularly. Americans use the city as fundamental cultural space. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
Attributes: Educ American Literature, English Culture & Critique, Literature Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Urban-Representing the City
BS Requirement(CAS), Diversity in the US (A&S), UUC:Writing Intensive ENGL 3620 - Topics in Spirituality and Literature
ENGL 3560 - Ethnic American Literature 3 Credits
3 Credits Studies literature that considers the nature of God and of spirituality,
Examines the ways in which ethnic American writers tell and write broadly defined: content varies.
stories, and what "ethnic" and "American" mean as concepts. Offered Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English Culture & Critique, Literature
occasionally. BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
Attributes: Educ American Literature, English Culture & Critique, Literature ENGL 3625 - The Sacramental Imagination: Modern American
BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Diversity in the Catholicism in Literature, Rhetoric, and Film
US (A&S) 3 Credits
ENGL 3564 - Migration Literature Think Tank Students in this course study the way Catholic belief, thought, and
3 Credits culture influence the creative and persuasive work of short fiction,
This course explores the complex topic of migration through the lenses novels, essays, memoir, poetry, public argument, and/or film. The course
of literature and film. Questions of migration rarely result in easy or assumes that faith and doubt are not only theological matters, but also
straightforward answers. However, that is precisely why this topic merits literary ones.
attention. Through shared examination of literature and film, as well as Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Catholic Studies-English,
reading and discussing scholarly articles in the social sciences, students Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, English Culture & Critique, Literature BA
will explore how the topic of migration can be addressed in multiple fields Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist
of study through collaborative research. Specific topics vary by instructor & Culture, UUC:Identities in Context
and semester. ENGL 3630 - Disaster Narratives
Prerequisite(s): Minimum Earned Credits of 60; (CORE 1000 or UUC Ignite
* 3 Credits
Seminar Waiver with a minimum score of S); CORE 1500 This course reflects on the nature and implications of selected disasters
by considering their real-life effects, both on innocent victims caught
* by forces beyond their control and on perpetrators. Cross-listed with
Concurrent enrollment allowed.
PHIL 3450.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, UUC:Collaborative Inquiry
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900; (PHIL 1050 or PHIL 2050)
ENGL 3570 - Writing Sex in the Middle Ages Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
3 Credits Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
Examines medieval texts in various genres that represent sexuality and
ENGL 3640 - British Culture and Travel
gender. Offered frequently.
3 Credits
Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Early Texts & Contexts, English
An introduction to literatures of travel produced by various writers
Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
through time and across space, exploring ways in which travel, transport,
Requirement(CAS), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) -
and tourism influence politics, social thought, and artistic inspiration
Literature, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture
as reflected in literary works. Topics addressed may also include the
ENGL 3590 - Nature and Literature construction of the other; modes of transportation; immigration and
3 Credits expatriation; narrative perspectives/constructions of location; the
Examines literary works reflective of the world of nature and the function of digression in narrative; etc. This course may combine the
environment. Offered occasionally. study of literary works with travel (for example, to London, during the
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 spring break) and thus may require an extra fee.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Attributes: Educ World Literature, English Culture & Critique, Literature BA
Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Writing Intensive Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
ENGL 3591 - Monsters of Europe: Nature and Monstrosity in European ENGL 3650 - Science Fiction
Literature 3 Credits
3 Credits A survey of futuristic fantasies that emphasize science and technology.
This course tracks literature's engagement with the relationship between Attributes: Educ American Literature, English Culture & Critique, Film
monstrosity and nature across various historical moments. Studies, Film & Media - Critical Study, Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), UUC:Identities in Context
Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
ENGL 3600 - Women in Literature
3 Credits
Analyzes works authored by and about women; studied from a feminist
perspective.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
Literature BS Requirement(CAS), WGST Elective
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ENGL 3660 - LGBTQ Literature and Culture ENGL 3740 - Medicine and Literature
3 Credits 3 Credits
Introduces twentieth- and twenty-first century LGBTQ culture through Examines literature dealing with medicine, medical issues, and the
literature, film and television. Examines key late 19th and early 20th relationship between medicine and literature. Offered occasionally.
century literary texts key to the emergence of an LGBTQ literary tradition; Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
also surveys the emergence of LGBTQ film and television culture, with Attributes: BHS-Humanities, Catholic Studies-English, English Culture &
examples drawn from early Hollywood through the present. Critique, Health Care Ethics Minor Elec, Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Medical Humanities, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Writing
WGST Elective Intensive
ENGL 3670 - The Story of Sports: Athletics in Literature and Culture ENGL 3750 - Writing about Literature
3 Credits 3 Credits
Sports tell stories. From the ancient Greek gymnasium and bullfighting Explores ways to write effectively about literature, stressing skills in
in Spain to WNBA basketball and Olympic figure skating, athletics is a analysis and theories and methods of reading. Recommended for English
powerful and pervasive form of cultural expression. Sports tell stories majors.
about race, gender, power, nation, capitalism and, most palpably, the Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric, English Rhetoric & Argument,
human body. This course studies the literature of athletics, investigating Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
the specific resources that sports fiction, poems, essays, and films bring UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture
to the understanding of larger social and cultural dynamics. ENGL 3850 - Persuasive Writing
Attributes: English Culture & Critique 3 Credits
ENGL 3700 - The Bible & Literature Introduces students to persuasion and writing as part and parcel of
3 Credits nearly every human endeavor. As Walter Ong, S.J., suggests, no matter
Studies poems and narratives from scripture, e.g., Genesis, the Psalms, the course of one’s life—personally and professionally—writing is one
and the Gospels, with attention to literary works based on the Bible. of the primary ways we navigate that life’s contours and complexities.
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 By virtue of this virtue, English 3850 traces and practices the roll of
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English Culture & Critique, Literature persuasive writing in a variety of societal endeavors. Part of the English
BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Writing department concentration in Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology.
Intensive Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric, English Rhetoric & Argument,
ENGL 3720 - U.S. Law and Literature: Equality Since Brown v. Board of
Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, UUC:Writing Intensive
Education
3 Credits ENGL 3854 - Living Writing
This course compares how law and literature imagine social-justice- 3 Credits
related issues such as diversity, equity, and inclusion by reading course Examines the basic issues in rhetorical theory and writing pedagogy as
cases and literary texts on related themes. The goal is to integrate they apply to secondary education in English. No prerequisites.
knowledge of concepts key to discussing social justice issues in U.S. Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
legal tradition (e.g., equal protection, privacy, stigma) with the more Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric, English Rhetoric & Argument,
subjective and experiential knowledge of these issues that literature can Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, UUC:Writing Intensive
provide. Specific topics vary by instructor and semester. ENGL 3859 - Writing Consulting: Forms, Theories, Practice
Prerequisite(s): Minimum Earned Credits of 60; (CORE 1000 or UUC Ignite
* 3 Credits
Seminar Waiver with a minimum score of S); CORE 1500 Teaches students how to run in-person and online writing conferences.
Coursework includes analyzing writing, understanding common
* academic and professional writing genres, and responding to writers
Concurrent enrollment allowed.
using equity-focused strategies. Three course tracks give students the
Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), English Culture & Critique,
choice of how they will complete the course: through coursework only,
Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
through coursework and service-learning, or through coursework and
UUC:Collaborative Inquiry, UUC:Dignity, Ethics & Just Soc
an internship at University Writing Services (UWS). Internship students
ENGL 3730 - Introduction to Medical Humanities, Literature consult in UWS during the second half of the term. Students on all three
3 Credits tracks who successfully complete the course are eligible to apply for
Examines narratives of illness experience to understand illness and employment at UWS. Counts toward English department concentration in
health as historically and culturally constructed; students interpret Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology.
representations of suffering, confusion, despair, hopelessness, and hope Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
that people experience when confronted with illness. Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric, English Rhetoric & Argument,
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, UUC:Writing Intensive
Attributes: BHS-Humanities, English Culture & Critique, Health Care
Ethics Minor Elec, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
Requirement(CAS), Medical Humanities, UUC:Writing Intensive
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ENGL 3860 - Public Writing ENGL 4010 - New Media Writing

3 Credits 3 Credits
Introduces students to advanced methods of rhetoric, persuasion, and New Media Writing explores such questions as: what is the impact of
deliberation in both print and digital formats. Recommended particularly new media technologies on the composition and distribution of texts, on
for students pursuing the English department concentration in Rhetoric, the work of persuasion and identification, and on the cultivation of ethos
Writing, and Technology. and identity? This exploration takes place across multiple, short writing
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 assignments, podcasts, and multimedia projects.
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
UUC:Writing Intensive Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology,
Film Studies, Film Studies Creation, Film & Media - Creation, UUC:Writing
ENGL 3875 - Conflict Writing
Intensive
3 Credits
Introduces foundational problems of responding to conflict. How do/ ENGL 4022 - Writing for the Gaming Industry
can/should communities handle disagreement, discord, and disharmony? 3 Credits
Course readings will come primarily from rhetoricians, though the course Writing for the Gaming Industry is an advanced course in professional
may also draw from other disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, writing and design that is focused on the table-top, role-playing, and
religious studies, sociology, and literature. The work of the course is not video game markets. You will use a rhetorical and creative approach to
primarily interpretive (writing papers about rhetorical situations), but write about the history and theory of gaming and to better understand
rather inventive (interventions, through writing and other media, into the cognitive, cultural, and financial impact of games. You will compose
rhetorical situations). industry-standard documents like memos, reports, and proposals. You
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900 will also form teams to develop, test, market, and pitch your own game as
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, the capstone project for the course. To develop your game, you will study
Service Leadership Social Just, UUC:Writing Intensive and compose game narrative, which includes storyboarding, character
development, and game play. You will also write instructions and support
ENGL 3880 - Writing Personal Narratives and Memoirs
materials, as well as materials related to marketing and sales. For the
3 Credits
course, you will also read and write game reviews and learn about the
This course will enable students to write in a way that creates more
gaming hybrid industry, which includes books, television, streaming, and
meaning in their lives, to describe what reading and writing mean to them,
movies.
and understand personal writing practices. Students will write about 4
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
essays/narratives (16-35 pages) and a process journal.
Attributes: Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, UUC:Writing Intensive
Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric, English Rhetoric & Argument,
Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS) ENGL 4025 - Technical Writing
3 Credits
ENGL 3885 - Writing Personal Narratives
Engages students in the practices of technical writing. Technical writing
3 Credits
is the presentation of technical material in written and visual formats that
This course will enable students to write in a way that creates more
are user-centered and context-specific. The course and its principles are
meaning in their lives, to describe what reading and writing mean to them,
grounded in rhetorical theory, which students practice through project-
and understand personal writing practices. Students will write about 4
based instruction. Part of the English department concentration in
essays/narratives (16-35 pages) and a process journal.
Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
ENGL 3910 - Internship Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology,
1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit) UUC:Writing Intensive
Prerequisite(s): (CORE 1000 or UUC Ignite Seminar Waiver with a
* ENGL 4035 - Histories of Persuasion
minimum score of S); CORE 1500
3 Credits
Examines the history of rhetorical theory concerning the nature of
*
Concurrent enrollment allowed. persuasion. All versions of this course trace a particular theme or
Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action concern (e.g., the human, justice, diversity) through a history of rhetoric,
which in each instance is built around that theme or concern. Part of the
ENGL 3930 - Special Topics
English department concentration in Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology.
1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
(Offered in spring)
ENGL 3980 - Independent Study Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit) Attributes: Engl - Early Texts & Contexts, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology,
ENGL 4000 - Professional Writing UUC:Writing Intensive
3 Credits
Teaches business and professional writing from a rhetorical perspective.
Involves case studies based on research in actual professional settings,
with special attention to strategic planning and rigorous revision and
editing. Offered every semester.
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology,
UUC:Writing Intensive
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ENGL 4045 - Rhetoric and Religion: Persuasive Catholicism ENGL 4120 - Writing with Style
3 Credits 3 Credits
Students study rhetorics of religion, particularly (though not exclusively) This course studies stylistics: the syntax, tropes, and figures that
within the Roman Catholic tradition. The course introduces general shape written prose. The course reviews basic English grammar but
rhetorical theory and practice along with explicitly religious rhetorical concentrates primarily on stylistic choices, which are shaped by purpose,
thinkers such as St. Augustine. The course requires students to read audience, and context. Students study a wide variety of stylistic figures
work from a range of disciplines, including rhetoric, theology, philosophy, and read widely from theories of style. Even more importantly, students
and sociology, among others. Students also study contemporary religious work on their own style, writing and revising in response to the style of
messages, including encyclical letters and apostolic exhortations. more established authors.
Students also produce an original research and writing project using Prerequisite(s): CORE 1900
appropriate library databases and professional citation practices. Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Study of English Language,
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900; Minimum Earned Credits of 60; (CORE 1000 Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, UUC:Writing Intensive
*
or UUC Ignite Seminar Waiver with a minimum score of S); CORE 1500 ; ENGL 4130 - Literary Theory
CORE 1900 3 Credits
Explores theories and movements of/about literature, with special
* emphasis on twentieth century literary theory. Offered regularly.
Concurrent enrollment allowed.
Restrictions:
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology,
Enrollment limited to students in the English department.
UUC:Collaborative Inquiry, UUC:Writing Intensive
ENGL 4050 - The Craft of Poetry Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), World Cultural Studies
3 Credits Electiv
A workshop for experienced writers addressing a particular aspect ENGL 4140 - Reading & Writing Justice
of poetic craft, with weekly reading and writing assignments. Offered 3 Credits
regularly. Students in this course analyze the ethical and political implications
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric, of literary and rhetorical works as they relate to questions of justice.
Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS) Students engage with theoretical concepts and categories such as race,
ENGL 4060 - The Craft of Fiction ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and ability. Through intensive reading,
3 Credits writing, and research, students address questions of justice for audiences
A workshop for experienced writers addressing a particular aspect of both within and beyond the university.
* *
craft, with regular reading and writing assignments. Offered regularly. Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500 or ENGL 1900 )
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric,
Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS) *
Concurrent enrollment allowed.
ENGL 4070 - The Craft of Creative Writing Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric
3 Credits
A workshop for experienced writers addressing a particular aspect of ENGL 4160 - Deep Narratives: From Microbiomes to AI
creative writing craft, with weekly reading and writing assignments. 3 Credits
(Offered regularly) This course will focus on the evolution of narrative from the earliest
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Educ Composition & Rhetoric, semiotic emergence in prokaryotic cells to the more recent arrival of large
Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS) language models as the basis of AI. The course will ask the questions:
What is narrative? Why is it such an important part of the human umwelt?
ENGL 4100 - History of the English Language What are its evolutionary origins? Where is our pursuit of story leading?
3 Credits Along the way, students will look at literature, scientific research, and
A survey of the main features of Old, Middle and Modern English. Offered culturally relevant commentary.
regularly. Prerequisite(s): Minimum Earned Credits of 60; (CORE 1000 or UUC Ignite
Attributes: Educ Study of English Language, Engl - Early Texts & Contexts, *
Seminar Waiver with a minimum score of S); CORE 1500
MLIC Elective, Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature
ENGL 4110 - Introduction to Linguistics *
3 Credits Concurrent enrollment allowed.
A survey of how the nature and structure of human language, focusing on Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), English Culture & Critique,
English, are studied. Offered regularly. Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS),
Attributes: Educ Study of English Language, MLIC Linguistics, UUC:Social UUC:Collaborative Inquiry
& Behavioral Sci ENGL 4170 - American Film History
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Explores the issues and developments that characterized the
development of film and film traditions in America from the beginnings to
the present. Offered frequently. Cross-listed with FSTD 4170.
Attributes: American Literature, Educ American Literature, Film Studies,
Film & Media - Critical Study, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
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ENGL 4176 - Queer Cinema: History, Aesthetics and Activism ENGL 4350 - 17th Century Literature
3 Credits 3 Credits
This course traces the history of Queer cinema from the mid-20th into the Examines selected writers and writing from the early 17th century to
21st century. Students will study the interlocked histories of Queer film the Restoration, with particular attention to literary development and
and Queer activism to consider how Queer film aesthetics are embedded historical context. Offered regularly.
within and help shape the complex, contested, and politically-volatile Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Educ World Literature, Engl -
history of homosexuality in America and abroad. Early Texts & Contexts, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS
Attributes: Film & Media - Critical Study, Literature BA Requirement(CAS) Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4190 - Topics in Religion & Culture ENGL 4360 - Milton
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) 3 Credits
Studies the influence of religion on literature and culture. Examines Milton's major poems and selected prose, with special
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(CAS) attention to Paradise Lost. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Educ World Literature, Literature BA
ENGL 4240 - Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800
3 Credits
Introduces students to the characters, narratives, and genres in The ENGL 4500 - The Age of Romanticism
Canterbury Tales, and explores their socio-cultural contexts. The tales will 3 Credits
be read in the original Middle English. Offered frequently. Studies the thought and character of the Romantic Movement in
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Educ World Literature, Literature BA England in the early part of the 19th century, through the examination of
Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800, Medieval (Major) - Literature, representative authors and works. Offered regularly.
Medieval (Minor) - Literature Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, British Lit
after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
ENGL 4290 - Topics in Medieval Literature
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) ENGL 4520 - Topics in 18th and 19th Century Literature
Topics in Medieval Literature: content varies. 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Educ World Literature, Engl - Early Examines selected topics and areas in the literature and culture of the
Texts & Contexts, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: content varies. Cross-listed with
1800, Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature, WGST WGST 4490.
Elective Attributes: Educ World Literature, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA
Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4300 - Age of Elizabeth
3 Credits ENGL 4530 - Medicine, Mind, and Victorian Fiction
Examines non-dramatic poetry and prose from 1558 to 1603, including 3 Credits
works by Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, the Sidneys, and Donne. This course will examine Victorian novels, poetry, and short stories from
Offered regularly. the perspective of nineteenth-century developments in psychology and
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Educ World Literature, Literature BA related mental sciences.
Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800 Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, Literature
BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Neuroscience -
ENGL 4310 - Early Shakespeare
Humanities
3 Credits
Examines Shakespeare's plays written during the 16th century, with ENGL 4580 - Major Victorian Authors and Movements
attention to their variety and development. Fall semester. 3 Credits
Attributes: Educ World Literature, English History & Context, Literature BA Surveys major Victorian authors and/or movements including Tennyson,
Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800 Brontë, Browning, Dickens, Eliot and Wilde; the crisis of faith, the
emergence of women writers, and social critique. Offered occasionally.
ENGL 4320 - Topics in Shakespeare
Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, British Lit
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
Examines selected topics and areas in Shakespeare's work: content
varies. ENGL 4590 - Topics in 19th Century Literature
Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Early Texts & Contexts, Literature 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
BA Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to 1800 Examines selected topics and areas in the literature and culture of the
nineteenth century: content varies.
ENGL 4330 - Renaissance Drama
Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, British Lit
3 Credits
after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
Examines plays written during the 16th and 17th centuries by
Shakespeare and his contemporaries, including Kyd, Marlowe, Jonson, ENGL 4600 - Topics in British Literature 1900 - 1945
Webster, Middleton, and Ford. Offered regularly. 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Educ World Literature, Engl - Early Studies the fiction, drama and poetry of the first half of the 20th century
Texts & Contexts, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), British Lit prior to with special attention to Conrad, Woolf, Joyce and Eliot, in an effort to
1800 assess the modernism of the period. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Educ World Literature, International Studies, British Lit after
1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
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ENGL 4605 - Major Modernist Writers and Movements ENGL 4690 - Topics in 20th/21st Century British, Irish, & Postcolonial
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) Literature & Culture
This seminar offers a focused, single- or two-author study of writers 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
central to literary modernism. Courses may focus on such writers as Examines selected topics and areas in 20th and 21st century British, Irish
Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, E.M. and Postcolonial literature and culture: content varies.
Forster, Virginia Woolf and others. Major cultural movements may include Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts,
Aestheticism / Decadence, the New Woman, Avant-Garde movements, International Studies, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA
and formal experimentation as response to political and social upheaval. Requirement(CAS)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS) ENGL 4715 - American Postmodernisms
ENGL 4608 - 20th-Century British Poetry 3 Credits
3 Credits Avant garde and emerging ethnic literature inspired by the Holocaust,
Poetry by a range of authors, such as Hopkins, Mew, Yeats, Smith, the atomic bomb, 1960s social revolution, the Vietnam War, increasingly
Eliot, Auden, Nichols, Hughes, Hill, and Duffy in order to explore the global consciousness, and ghetto, suburban, and mass culture. Authors
development from Modern to Postmodern poetries. include Flannery O’Connor, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison,
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS) John Edgar Wideman, Jessica Hagedorn, Margaret Atwood, Chang-Rae
Lee.
ENGL 4620 - British Postmodernism
Attributes: Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
3 Credits
Studies contemporary British fiction, drama, and poetry through ENGL 4720 - Contemporary American Literature
appropriate readings in postmodern theory. Offered regularly. 3 Credits
Attributes: Educ World Literature, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Studies significant figures and trends that have shaped contemporary
Requirement(CAS), WGST Elective American literature. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Educ American Literature, Engl - Late
ENGL 4640 - Irish Modernism
Texts & Contexts, Literature BA Requirement(CAS)
3 Credits
Examines the development of Irish literature in English from 1890-1920. ENGL 4760 - 20th Century American Literature
Places Irish writing within a wide range of cultural contexts, including 3 Credits
revolutionary politics, aestheticism and decadence, and the rise of the Studies the major American literature of the 20th century, keeping in
'national' theatre. Authors include Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, mind the historical and cultural forces that influenced the writers. Offered
J. M. Synge, James Joyce, Sean O’Casey and Elizabeth Bowen. regularly.
Attributes: Educ World Literature, International Studies, British Lit after Attributes: American Literature, Educ American Literature, Engl - Late
1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS) Texts & Contexts, Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS),
Literature BS Requirement(CAS)
ENGL 4650 - Contemporary Irish Literature
3 Credits ENGL 4810 - Major American Authors
Analyzes the nexus of aesthetics and politics in contemporary Irish 3 Credits
culture, including texts written by playwrights, poets, fiction writers, Examines one or more of the major American writers of the modern
directors, cultural critics and historians. Offered regularly. period focusing on their influences and their historical and literary
Attributes: American Literature, Educ World Literature, International contexts. Offered regularly.
Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS) Attributes: American Literature, Educ American Literature, Literature BA
Requirement(CAS)
ENGL 4670 - Contemporary Postcolonial Literature and Culture
3 Credits ENGL 4830 - Post-1900 African American Literature
Examines literary representations of social upheavals, post-independence 3 Credits
disillusionment, violence, and globalization in Africa, Asia and the Explores African American writings from the beginnings of the 20th
Caribbean from the 1970s to the present. Offered regularly. century to the present, through a reading of a variety of literary, critical
Attributes: Asia in the World, Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & and historical texts from the Harlem Renaissance to Afro-Centrism.
Contexts, International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), World Offered regularly.
Cultural Studies Electiv, WGST Elective Attributes: American Literature, Educ American Literature, Engl - Late
Texts & Contexts, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Urban Poverty - Cycles
ENGL 4680 - Major Post-Colonial Writers
Exclusn
3 Credits
Examines major postcolonial writers like Achebe, Rushdie, Desai, ENGL 4840 - Representations of Native Americans in Text & Film
Gordimer, Soyinka, and Walcott, including their attitudes to race, politics, 3 Credits
language, gender and history. Offered regularly. Explores how Native American authors read and write a "different" history,
Attributes: Educ World Literature, Engl - Late Texts & Contexts, Global including how storytelling helps create community and a sense of home.
Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-Arts, British Offered regularly.
Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), World Cultural Studies Attributes: American Literature, Educ American Literature, Literature BA
Electiv Requirement(CAS)
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ENGL 4890 - Topics in American Literature & Culture ENGL 5035 - Histories of Persuasion
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) 3 Credits
Topics in American literary and cultural studies, content varies. Examines the history of rhetorical theory concerning the nature of
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900 persuasion. All versions of this course trace a particular theme or
Attributes: American Literature, Educ American Literature, Literature BA concern (e.g., the human, justice, diversity) through a history of rhetoric,
Requirement(CAS) which in each instance is built around that theme or concern. Part of the
English department concentration in Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology.
ENGL 4900 - Interdisciplinary Studies
Attributes: Rhetoric, Writing, Technology
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Studies pertinent writings from an interdisciplinary focus relating ENGL 5040 - Problems in Rhetoric
literature to other media and other literature. Offered occasionally. 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS) Focused examination of a specific historical, theoretical, or practical
issues in rhetoric and composition.
ENGL 4910 - Internship
1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit) ENGL 5110 - Literary Theory
*
Prerequisite(s): CORE 1500 ; (CORE 1000 or UUC Ignite Seminar Waiver 3 Credits
with a minimum score of S) Introduction to the conceptions of the literary text that have influenced
the reception and criticism of literature, with special attention to the
*
development of theory through the twentieth century.
Concurrent enrollment allowed. Attributes: Grad Pol Sci Skills
Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action
ENGL 5170 - Perspectives in American Lit
ENGL 4930 - Special Topics 3 Credits
1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit) Serves to introduce students to literary theory through an examination
ENGL 4960 - Senior Capstone Workshop of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or
3 Credits epochs.
Students in this course propose, develop, and produce a substantial ENGL 5190 - History of the English Language
scholarly project. Guided by the instructor, students engage in intensive 3 Credits
reading, writing, and research in a project of their choosing. Students A survey of the main features of Old, Middle and Modern English. Offered
may draw from and develop work from previous courses. Required for all regularly.
English majors. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
ENGL 5260 - Intro to Old Norse
Prerequisite(s): Minimum Earned Credits of 90
3 Credits
Restrictions:
Introduction to the Old Norse language, its grammar and vocabulary.
Enrollment is limited to students with a major in English or English.
Select readings in Old Norse mythology and Viking sagas.
Attributes: Educ Composition & Rhetoric ENGL 5270 - Arthurian Literature
ENGL 4962 - Rhetoric, Writing and Technology Capstone 3 Credits
3 Credits This course covers the development of the Arthurian legend from
With a faculty mentor, students apply their knowledge from RWT medieval times to the present day, taking in material from Celtic, French,
coursework to plan and develop a well-researched and audience-aware English, and American cultural traditions, but centered on Sir Thomas
composition (e.g. podcast series, video documentary, public relations Malory's Morte Darthur.
campaign, or set of advocacy materials). Fulfills a requirement for the ENGL 5899 - Professionalization Practicum
English major with Rhetoric, Writing and Technology concentration. 0 Credits
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3850; (ENGL 4020 or ENGL 4030) This practicum carves out an official time in an advanced doctoral
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS) student's schedule to prepare documents for the job market. By the end
ENGL 4980 - Advanced Independent Study in English of the semester, each student enrolled will either have submitted job
1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit) applications or have a set of job materials with which to work at a later
May vary from 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair. date.

ENGL 4990 - Senior Honors Project ENGL 5910 - Internship

3 Credits 1-3 Credits
Attributes: Research Intensive English ENGL 5930 - Special Topics
ENGL 5000 - Methods of Literary Research 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
3 Credits ENGL 5980 - Graduate Independent Study in English
Introduction to resources and methods of research central to the 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
scholarly study of literature.
ENGL 5990 - Thesis Research
ENGL 5010 - Teaching Writing 0-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
3 Credits
ENGL 6040 - Rhetorical Theory
Introduction to traditional and contemporary theories of rhetoric and
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
composition, with special attention to their application in classroom
Major rhetorical theories underlying discourse pedagogy, with special
practice.
attention to the ways in which specific theoretical positions inform
curricular practices.
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ENGL 6150 - Genre Studies ENGL 6650 - Twentieth Century Postcolonial Literature
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Selected writings and issues integral or peculiar to the definition of This course will focus on postcolonial literature and film with attention
particular genres or subgenres. to current critical theories and approaches. We will examine how novels,
poetry, drama and films from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean have
ENGL 6190 - Interdisciplinary Studies
impacted postmodern culture as a whole. We will look at the various
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
approaches that have been used to study postcolonial literature and
Selected figures, works, and issues studied from the perspective afforded
film, including Marxist, feminist and poststructuralist. We will discuss
by specific disciplines or media.
such questions as: how have postcolonial writers and filmmakers used
ENGL 6270 - Middle English Literature literature and film as tools for social change? How have they chosen to
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) represent their identities?.
Selected issues or representative figures in Middle English literature.
ENGL 6690 - Topics in Literature of the 20th Century
ENGL 6300 - 16th Cent Non-Dramatic Lit 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
3 Credits Particular issues and developments in literatures in English of the
Non-dramatic figures or currents in the literature of Tudor England. twentieth century.
ENGL 6310 - Renaissance Drama ENGL 6710 - 19th Century American Literature
3 Credits 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Renaissance dramatists other than Shakespeare. Representative writers, works, and epochs central to the development of
ENGL 6320 - Shakespeare American literature in the nineteenth century.
3 Credits ENGL 6740 - Studies in American Modernism
Selected groupings of Shakespeare's works. 3 Credits
ENGL 6350 - 17th Century Literature Significant figures, groupings, and developments that shaped American
3 Credits modernist writing.
Figures or developments in English literature of the seventeenth century. ENGL 6760 - Twentieth Century American Fiction
ENGL 6390 - Topics: Renaissance Literature 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) Writers and works of prose fiction of the twentieth century America.
Particular issues and developments in the literature and culture of the ENGL 6770 - Twentieth Century American Poetry
English Renaissance. 3 Credits
ENGL 6500 - Romanticism Writers and developments in American poetry of the twentieth century.
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits) ENGL 6790 - Topics in 20th Century American Literature
Selected writers and works of the Romantic period in British literature. 3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Attributes: WGST Elective Particular issues and developments in American literature of the
ENGL 6520 - Victorian Poetry twentieth century.
3 Credits ENGL 6930 - Special Topics
Selected figures, works, and issues in nineteenth-century British poetry. 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 6530 - Nineteenth-Century Novel ENGL 6970 - Advanced Research Topics in English
3 Credits 1-3 Credits
Selected writers, works, and issues in nineteenth-century British fiction.
ENGL 6980 - Graduate Independent Study in English
ENGL 6590 - Topics in 19th Century English Literature 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
ENGL 6990 - Dissertation Research
Studies in particular issues and developments in British literature of the
0-12 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
nineteenth century.
ENGL 6600 - Studies in Modernism
3 Credits
Selected figures, movements, and developments representative of
modernisms in English in the first half of the twentieth century.
ENGL 6610 - Twentieth-Century Fiction
3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)
Selected writers and works of fiction of the twentieth century.
Attributes: WGST Elective