English

English - Undergraduate Courses 

Note: E 105 and E 110 are required by all departments in the university and must be taken during the student's first year at the university.

E 101 Academic Reading (back to previous page)
Reading, analyzing and interpreting nonfiction for the purpose of learning to comprehend textbooks. 3 excess credit hours.

E 102 Academic Reading and Speaking (back to previous page)
Reading, analyzing, and interpreting nonfiction for the purpose of learning to comprehend textbooks. Locating and organizing material for public speaking and presenting it with confidence and fluency. Open only to Developmental Bloc students. 3 excess credit hours.

E 103 Fundamentals (back to previous page)
Designed to increase awareness of the structure of English. Intensive practice in writing to improve the student s ability to construct effective sentences, paragraphs and short themes. 3 excess credit hours, 6 class hours per week. (See section titled Developmental Studies Program elsewhere in this catalog.)

E 104 Fundamentals (back to previous page)
For international students. Same course description as E 103.

E 105 Composition (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 103 or placement by English department. Analytical study of essays for the purpose of improving skills of written communication. Practice in writing in a variety of rhetorical modes with emphasis upon clarity and precision. 3 credit hours.

E 106 Composition (back to previous page)
For international students. Same course description as E 105.

E 110 Composition and Literature (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 105 or placement by the English department. Reading, analyzing, and interpreting literature in three basic genres: fiction, poetry, and drama. Writing of analytical and critical essays. Theatre fee for day sections. 3 credit hours.

E 111 Composition and Literature (back to previous page)
For international students. Same course description as E 110.

E 201 Early World Literature (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Selected world classics of prose, poetry, and drama from ancient times through the sixteenth century, written in or translated into English. 3 credit hours.

E 202 Modern World Literature (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Selected world classics of prose, poetry, and drama from the seventeenth century to the present, written in or translated into English. 3 credit hours.

E 211 Early British Writers (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of important British writers from the beginning of literature in English through the Neoclassic era. 3 credit hours.

E 212 Modern British Writers (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of important British writers from the Romantic era to the present. 3 credit hours.

E 213 Early American Writers (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of important American writers from Colonial times to the 1850s. 3 credit hours.

E 214 Modern American Writers (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of important American writers from the 1860s to the present. 3 credit hours.

E 217 African-American Literature I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A survey of African-American writers from the late 1700s to 1940. Texts selected from a variety of genres with emphasis on the African-American experience and heritage. 3 credit hours.

E 218 African-American Literature II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 217 or permission of instructor. A survey of African-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Texts selected from a variety of genres with emphasis on the African-American experience and heritage. 3 credit hours.

E 220 Writing for Business and Industry (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Intensive practice in the various types of writing required of executives, business people, engineers, and other professionals, with emphasis on business letters, memos, resumes, internal and external reports, evaluations and recommendations, descriptions of procedures and processes. 3 credit hours.

E 225 Technical Writing and Presentation (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Intensive practice in the common forms of technical writing, with emphasis on technical description, processes, reports, and manuals. Oral presentation of written work. 3 credit hours.

E 230 Public Speaking and Group Discussion (back to previous page)
Development of proficiency in organizing and presenting material and to give practice in speaking, group interaction, conference management, and small-group discussion.  3 credit hours.

E 251 Narrative Nonfiction (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Exploration of and practice in writing  the fourth genre, creative nonfiction. Emphasis on the short piece, the literary memoir, and the personal essay. 3 credit hours.

E 260 The Short Story (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A critical study of the best stories of American and British writers as well as stories, in translation, of writers of other nationalities. 3 credit hours.

E 267 Creative Writing I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Exercises and instruction in writing short fiction and poetry. Composing, critiquing ,and editing skills developed in workshop format. 3 credit hours.

E 268 Creative Writing II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 267. Advanced exercises and instruction in writing short fiction and poetry. Composing, critiquing, and editing skills refined in workshop format. 3 credit hours.

E 270 The Advanced Essay Workshop (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 251 or E 267 or permission of instructor. Variable topics selected from travel, nature, science, social critique, humor. 3 credit hours.

E 275 Popular Lyrics (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Popular lyrics have always reflected the shifting values and concerns of American life from the songs of the Jazz age, the Depression, and World War II to rock n roll and the music video revolution of today. Through printed lyrics, recordings, and videos, such topics as The American Dream, love and relationships, war and protest are traced in the songs of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Ira and George Gershwin; Broadway and Tin Pan Alley; the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon; rhythm blues, and country western; to folk, rock, and rap. 3 credit hours.

E 281 Science Fiction (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A survey of the development of science fiction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Reading of American, English, and European science fiction novels and short stories.
3 credit hours.

E 290 The Bible as Literature (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of literary genres in the Bible: narrative, drama, poetry, wisdom literature, books of prophecy, letters. Extensive readings in both the Old and New Testaments. 3 credit hours.

E 300 Writing Proficiency Examination (back to previous page)
Required of each student after earning 57 credit hours (including transfer credits). See Writing Proficiency Examination statement, or contact English Department Chair.

E 323 The Renaissance in England (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Major writers of the English Renaissance, including Sidney, Spenser, Donne, and Milton. 3 credit hours.

E 341 Shakespeare (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. An analysis of representative tragedies, comedies, and history plays. 3 credit hours.

E 353 Literature of the Romantic Era (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Poetry and prose of the major Roman-tics Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Lamb and Hazlitt with attention given to the milieu of the writers, the Continental background, and theories of Romanticism. 3 credit hours.

E 356 Victorian Literature (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Poetry and prose from 1830-1900. The works of Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Mill, Newman, Ruskin, and others studied in the light of the social, political and religious problems of the period. 3 credit hours.

E 371 Literature of the Neoclassic Era (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. British writers of the period 1660-1789, with emphasis on Dryden, Pope, Swift and Johnson. 3 credit hours.

E 390 The Novel in English (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Great novels written in English (with the exception of American novels, which are studied in American literature courses). 3 credit hours.

E 392 Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of the poetry and fiction of the three major representatives of the tragic outlook on life in mid-nineteenth century American literature. 3 credit hours.

E 393 Mark Twain (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E  110. Major works by America's greatest humorist and moral spokesman studied through interactive discussions, online research, and a portfolio of course work. Selections from travel works, including Innocents Abroad; the major works, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn; and some short stories and sketches. 3 credit hours.

E 394 American Humor (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. An intensive study of the history of American humor and its relevance to modern America. Various media and major humor writers including Mark Twain and Woody Allen will be studied. This distance-learning course is taught on-line, using Internet resources to complement traditional materials. 3 credit hours.

E 395 American Realism and Naturalism (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Readings in the works of such major realists as Howells, Twain, and James and important naturalist successors such as Norris, Crane, and Dreiser. 3 credit hours.

E 406-409 International Literature (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Selected poetry, drama, and fiction, in translation, from one of the following nations: Russia, France, Germany, Spain. Topic to be announced for each semester. 3 credit hours each course.

E 477 American Literature Between the World Wars (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of the achievements of the main figures of the generation that flourished between the two world wars and brought about  America s Coming of Age. Poets Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams; novelists Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald. 3 credit hours.

E 478 Contemporary American Literature (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Intensive study of recent American fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. 3 credit hours.

E 480 Internship (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. A work experience, arranged through the department, that will require the effective use of written or spoken English. 3 credit hours.

E 481-498 Studies in English (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: E 110. Special topics in literature, speaking, or writing. 3 credit hours.

E 599 Independent Study (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor and the chair of the department; restricted to junior and senior English majors who have at least a 3.0 quality point ratio. Opportunity for the student under the direction of a faculty member to explore an area of interest. This course must be initiated by the student. 1-3 credit hours per semester.

English - Graduate Courses

E 600 English Language Workshop (back to previous page)
Enrollment in this course is limited to and required of students who are not native speakers of English and who lack adequate background in English instruction. Students whose TOEFL scores are less than 560 (220 on the computer-based test) and/or students who enter the Graduate School following completion of an intensive English language program are required to take and pass this training course in the first term of enrollment at the Graduate School. The course emphasizes development of conversation, pronunciation and composition skills and includes orientation to the Peterson Library and instruction in writing a research paper. No credit.

E 634 Applied Linguistics (back to previous page)
This course is designed for teachers of writing at all levels. It helps students develop insights into sentence structure and development which, in turn, will be benefical for transmitting systematic editing techniques at various school levels. The course will focus on sentence structure and touch upon phonetics and language history. (See also ED 634.)

E 659 Writing and Speaking for Professionals (back to previous page)
A practical, tool-oriented approach for professionals who need to perfect writing and speaking skills for career advancement or presentations in graduate courses. Students generate work-related writing/speaking assignments and negotiate learning contracts based on editing, writing and speaking methods related to individual needs and objectives. (See also HU 659 .)