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	ENG 1110 First Year Composition - 4 cr. Emphasis on developing thinking and writing skills. The course is based on principles of contemporary writing pedagogy, including prewriting activities, writing process, focus on audience and purpose, writing reflections, peer evaluation, drafting, group writing and instructor conferencing. Early assignments depend on personal experience and then sequence to referential and argumentative writing. Research paper required. Library lab required.
FALL	ENG 1115 Introduction to Literature - 4 cr. Introduces the student to the foundations of literary study. In addition to reading a variety of texts from world literature students will try out the role of literary critic, applying at least two critical frameworks to texts. Students will experience ways in which different critical lenses may stimulate, enrich, change and challenge their understanding of a text. Students will also to try out the roles of both poet and story-teller to appreciate the ways literary genres shape and limit expression.
	ENG 1120 Mythology - 4 cr. Myth as society's way of expressing itself through narrative frames, choices and interpretation of stories from primary sources. Stories are taken from the ancient Mediterranean, South and East Asia, the early Americans and modern Africa. Babylonian Gilgamesh and Ishtar, the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, the Sophoclean Antigone, and Roman Ovid's The Metamorphosis provide a core from which study will reach to include myths selected from China, India, Islam, Japan, Africa and/or the early Americas.
	ENG 1130 Introduction to Women's Literature - 4 cr. Surveys of prose and poetry in the English language by women of the 1300's to the present. Readings include three novels and several plays. Women's issues are discussed as they arise in the literature.
	ENG 2105 Research Writing - 2 cr. (Sept. 2 - Oct. 23) Focus on learning and demonstrating research skills, developing a research proposal, producing a working bibliography, developing an outline or focus statement, writing reserch paper drafts, and demonstrating knowledge of discipline specific research paper formats. Library lab required.
	ENG 2250 Introduction to Poetry - 4 cr. Study of theory, forms and techniques of poetry with greatest emphasis on close study of selected poems. The course focuses on the major forms of poetry and the relationship of metaphor, symbol, tone and metrics to meaning.
	ENG 2251 Introduction to Fiction - 4 cr. Survey of the world's great novels in a variety of cultural settings and idioms. Special attention is given to the forms and conventions of the genre, and to the critical apparatus by which a reader may intelligently analyze works of fiction. A typical reading list might include works by Austen, the Bronte sisters, Flaubert, Twain, Dostoevsky, Lawrence, Hurston, Camus and Erdrich.
	ENG 2252 Introduction to Drama - 4 cr. Study of theory, forms and dramatic conventions of plays taken from Greek, medieval, renaissance, neoclassical, modern and contemporary periods. Students study of cultural diversity in theatre such as that of Japan.
	ENG 2777 Topics 1-4 cr.
	ENG 2280 Literature in Translation - 4 cr. Study of literature written in Spanish or French or German or Russian and translated into English. This course will focus on selected works of prose and poetry from a particular period with emphasis on careful reading and reader response as well as cultural, historical, political, religious and economic developments that provide context. Location - Mexico
	ENG 3301 Imaginative Writing: Poetry - 4 cr. Reading and discussion of poetry to learn technique from published poets. A final portfolio of poetry required which will include students' choice of their best work. Students need not be English majors. Work from class is often published in the CSS literary journal Out of Words.
	ENG 3315 American Short Story - 4 cr. Chronological survey of the development of the American short story as well as a survey of selected short story theory and criticism. Students will read stories by more than 30 American short story writers, beginning in the 18th century and continuing into the present decade. Discussion will focus on themes, the contexts in which the stories were written and story structure.
	ENG 3320 British Literature I: Medieval to Neoclassic - 4 cr. Survey of English literature from the beginnings until the late eighteenth century, including important and representative texts from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the neoclassic era. The course offers a view of literature within its historical and cultural context.
	ENG/CTA 3330 Theatre: Greek - Elizabethan - 4 cr. Survey of major historical developments in theatre from the birth of theatre performance in ancient Greece through Roman theatre to medieval liturgical drama. The course concludes with Elizabethan theatre and includes study of technical developments as well as historical contexts. Classes focus on production as well as the literary perspective.
	ENG 3360 Technical Writing - 4 cr. Emphasis on the kinds of written communications required of engineers, technologists, researchers and technicians, with special attention to translating technical information for understanding by laypersons. Students will produce letters, reports, proposals, and procedures and are expected to give oral presentations. The class focuses on the writing process, audience analysis and adaptation strategies, formats, graphics, resumes and cover letters. Prerequisite ENG 1110 or ICE 1110-1111 or competency.
	ENG 3364/MGT 3150 Management Communication: Written - 4 cr. Emphasis on the writing process as appropriate to the managers role. Students will complete a series of writing assignments including letters, memos, proposals, problem-solving reports, informational reports and procedures, with an emphasis on audience adaptation, clarity of purpose, adequacy of support and correct format. Students will also be introduced to writing for the electronic media. Students must have some professional experience before enrolling. Prerequisite ENG 1110 or ICE 1110-1111 or competency.
	ENG 3777 Topics: Gothic Literature
	ENG 4400 Shakespeare I - 4 cr. Close reading of the earlier plays with attention to understanding of the narrative and appreciation of the text. Classes focus on earlier plays with attention to variety of type such as: comedies: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Twelfth Night" and "Much Ado About Nothing;" histories "Richard II" and "Henry IV;" tragedies "Macbeth" and "Othello;" romances "Cymbeline" and "Pericles." Elizabethan background and critical study is included. The play choices will be made considering the availability of Shakespeare in performance.
	ENG/HON 4410 Individual Author - Chaucer - 4 cr. An in-depth study of one English or American writer, with special focus on the writer's important works and the sultural, historical and literary contexts. Offerings may include, but are not limited to, Geoffrey Chaucer, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and William Faulkner.
	ENG 4440 Communication Arts/Literature Methods - 4 cr. Secondary and middle school language arts teaching methods including theory and practice in an integrated approach to teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing. The course will focus on teaching strategies, the process approach to reading and writing, curriculum development, the Graduation Rule, assessment and development of lesson plans.
	ICE 1110-1111 Integrated Communication/English - 8 cr. Combines ENG 1110 and CTA 1102. The two semester course integrates oral and written communication theory and skills with an examination of value systems, personal well-being and their relationship to living in family, area and global communities while challenging students to become more thoughtful, critically reflective persons. Emphasis on writing process, reflective essays, research process and research paper, as well as informative and persuasive speaking. Both speaking and writing assignments result from and extend discussions of value-based decision making. Library lab required.
SPRING	ENG 1110 First Year Composition - 4 cr. Emphasis on developing thinking and writing skills. The course is based on principles of contemporary writing pedagogy, including prewriting activities, writing process, focus on audience and purpose, writing reflections, peer evaluation, drafting, group writing and instructor conferencing. Early assignments depend on personal experience and then sequence to referential and argumentative writing. Research paper required. Library lab required.
	ENG 1115 Introduction to Literature - 4 cr. Introduces the student to the foundations of literary study. In addition to reading a variety of texts from world literature students will try out the role of literary critic, applying at least two critical frameworks to texts. Students will experience ways in which different critical lenses may stimulate, enrich, change and challenge their understanding of a text. Students will also to try out the roles of both poet and story-teller to appreciate the ways literary genres shape and limit expression.
	ENG 1141 World Literature: Modern - 4 cr. Cultural revolution of the 20th century narrated by the men and women who created and then experienced it: Africa's Achebe and Soyinka, England's Woolf and Lawrence, Ireland's Yeats, Joyce and Beckett, India's Desai, America's Silko, Marquez, Borges and Faulkner, Russia's Akhmatova and Solzhenitsyn, Germany's Mann and Czechoslovakia's Kafka.
	ENG 2105 Reserch Writing - 2 cr. Focus onlearning and demonstrating research skills, developing a research proposal, producing a working bibliography, developing an outline or focus statement, writing reserch paper drafts, and demonstrating knowledge of discipline specific research paper formats. Library lab required.
	ENG 2250 Introduction to Poetry - 4 cr. Study of theory, forms and techniques of poetry with greatest emphasis on close study of selected poems. The course focuses on the major forms of poetry and the relationship of metaphor, symbol, tone and metrics to meaning.
	ENG 2251 Introduction to Fiction - 4 cr. Survey of the world's great novels in a variety of cultural settings and idioms. Special attention is given to the forms and conventions of the genre, and to the critical apparatus by which a reader may intelligently analyze works of fiction. A typical reading list might include works by Austen, the Bronte sisters, Flaubert, Twain, Dostoevsky, Lawrence, Hurston, Camus and Erdrich.
	ENG 2252 Introduction to Drama - 4 cr. Study of theory, forms and dramatic conventions of plays taken from Greek, medieval, renaissance, neoclassical, modern and contemporary periods. Students study of cultural diversity in theatre such as that of Japan.
	ENG 2777 Irish Short Stories - 4 cr. Location - Ireland
	ENG 3300 Imaginative Writing: Fiction and Nonfiction - 4 cr. Read fiction as writers and write short weekly pieces and a final short story. The class includes presentations on technique. Students need not be English majors. Work from this class is often published in the CSS literary journal Out of Words.
	ENG 3321 British Literature II: Romantic to Modern - 4 cr. Survey of British literature from the end of the 18th century to the present day, including poetry, drama and prose works from the Romantic period, the Victorian period and Modernist canon. The course offers a historical context so that students may understand the writers in relation to one another and to the world they inhabited.
	ENG/CTA 3331 Theatre: Restoration - Twentieth Century - 4 cr. Survey of major historical developments in theatre from the Restoration through the twentieth century. The readings focus on the change in realism with the influence of psychoanalysis, absurdism surrealism and ethnic theatre. Literary and historical components of the plays are addressed. Classes focus on production as well as the literary perspective.
	ENG3364/MGT 3150 Management Communication: Written - 4 cr. Emphasis on the writing process as appropriate to the managers role. Students will complete a series of writing assignments including letters, memos, proposals, problem-solving reports, informational reports and procedures, with an emphasis on audience adaptation, clarity of purpose, adequacy of support and correct format. Students will also be introduced to writing for the electronic media. Students must have some professional experience before enrolling. Prerequisite ENG 1110 or ICE 1110-1111 or competency.
	ENG 4401 Shakespeare II - 4 cr. Close reading of the later plays. Classes will focus on a variety of types such as: tragedies, "Hamlet," "King Lear" and "Antony And Cleopatra;" comedies "As You Like It," "Measure For Measure" and "Troilus And Cressida;" romances "The Tempest" and "The Winter's Tale." Elizabethan background and critical study is included. Play choices will be made considering the availability of Shakespeare in performance. ENG 4400 is not a prerequisite.
	ENG 4430 English Language & Linguistics - 4 cr. Introduction to the history of the English language, theories of grammar and major topics in linguistics. Class discussions will focus on a variety of questions: how language got started, what it is, where English comes from, how English has changed, the extent to which there is such a thing as correct English, what dialects are and how they are significant, how words and their semantic values change, what the major approaches to grammar are, how people learn language, how the mind processes language, how linguistics can help teachers and how systems of writing arose and developed.
	ENG 4777 Twentieth Century Irish Dramat - 4 cr. Location - Ireland
ALTERNATE YEARS	ENG 1105 Argument and Research Paper Writing - 2 cr. Emphasis on developing thinking and writing skills. Based on principles of contemporary writing pedagogy, including prewriting activities, writing process, focus on audience and purpose, writing reflections, peer evaluation, drafting, group writing and instructor conferencing. Argumentative writing assignments as well as a research paper process leading to research paper. Library lab required.
	ENG 1140 World Literature: Renaissance and Pre-Modern - 4 cr. Study of Renaissance self-fashioning so students can experience the thought that formed modern consciousness. Selections include: Thomas More, Utopia; Erasmus, In Praise Of Folly; Castiglione, The Book Of The Courtier; Machiavelli, The Prince; Rabelais, Gargantua And Pantagruel; Montaigne, Essays; Cervantes, Don Quixote; Marlowe, Dr. Faustus; and Shakespeare.
	ENG 2210 Ethnic Literature - 4 cr. Introduction to literature written by authors of minority groups in the United States including Hispanic Americans, American Indians, African Americans, Asian Americans and Jewish Americans. The course focuses on the diversity of American literature, on how writers outside the mainstream view America and on how they view their own cultures.
	ENG 2270 Studies in Literature - 4 cr. Semester length study of selected genres such as the Bible, fantasy literature, science fiction and, murder mysteries.
	ENG/HON/RUS 2280 Literature in Translation - 4 cr. Study of literature written in Spanish or French or German or Russian and translated into English. This course will focus on selected works of prose and poetry from a particular period with emphasis on careful reading and reader response as well as cultural, historical, political, religious and economic developments that provide context.
	ENG 3310 American Literature I: Beginnings to 1900 - 4 cr. Survey of American literature (poetry, essays, short stories and novels) beginning with Anne Bradstreet in the 17th century and including such authors as Irving, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, Twain, et al. The course focuses on themes as the writers' responses to the political, social and literary concerns of the period, as well as more general human concerns. Some attention to issues of form.
	ENG 3311 American Literature II: 1900 to Present - 4 cr. Survey of works by American poets and prose writers from the late 1800's through the 1990's. Poets include Dickenson, Frost, Williams, Stevens, Eliot, H.D. Marianne Moore, Plath, Wilbur and Rich. Novelists, include Cather, Faulkner, Hemingway, Malamud, Walker, Morrison, Updike, Nabakov, O'Brien and Erdrich; American dramatists, include Miller, O'Neill, Shepherd, Albee and Williams. Short story writers include Anderson, Chopin, Cheever, O'Connor, Mason, Beattie and Oates.
	ENG 3340 American Novel - 4 cr. Analysis and discussion of the American novel's development in the 19th or 20th centuries. There will be some attention, where appropriate, to British and American antecedents. Classes focus on selected novelists and the variety of themes and forms characteristic of either century.
	ENG 3350 British Novel - 4 cr. Analysis and discussion of the origins and development of the British novel from its beginning in the 18th century through the romantic novel of the 19th century, or at the discretion of the instructor, a survey of one of the following categories: Victorian novels, post-modern novels.
	ENG 3362 Advanced Writing (Poetry) - 4 cr. Designed for students interested in writing who want to explore some of the ways in which language can be used to achieve particular aims. Students will do a considerable amount of writing as well as some reading in rhetorical theory and stylistics. There may be some imitative exercises, but the emphasis is on adapting discourse for various audiences and different occasions. Occasionally, designated sections of the course will focus on writing for electronic media and the rhetorical demands such writing entails. Prerequisite: ENG 1110 or ICE 1110-1111 or competency.
	ENG 3370 Studies in Women's Literature - 2 or 4 cr. Studies focused on, for example, literature of women's friendship and mother-daughter literature.
	ENG/RES 3380 Women's Spirituality and Literature - 4 cr. Course involves students in the process of their own spiritual journey while examining the spirituality of female characters in literature.
	ENG 3390 Irish Literature - 4 cr. Analysis and discussion of Irish literature and its cultural and nationalistic contexts. The course begins with mythology, folk tales and epic, then examines their transformations in the writings of Yeats, Joyce, Synge, Heaney, Boland and other writers. Attention is paid to thematic and linguistic manifestations of "Irishness" and their subversion.
	ENG 4410 Individual Author - 4 cr. An in-depth study of one English or American writer, with special focus on the writer's important works and the cultural, historical and literary contexts. Offerings may include, but are not limited to, Geoffrey Chaucer, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence and William Faulkner.
	ENG/CTA 4420 Film and Literature - 4 cr. Comparison of written and cinematic texts. A variety of film theories will be discussed in conjunction with image creation. Narrative issues--e.g., theme, style and characterization--will be covered also.