English and Literature Courses
ENG 096 (3-0-3)
College Composition Workshop
This course provides students with additional support to successfully achieve the
ENG 123 College Composition learning outcomes. It focuses on critical reading skills,
the writing process, and individualized grammar and writing instruction. The course
supports students in developing content, organizing information and ideas, and navigating
the research process. Assignments are directly aligned with those in ENG 123.
PR: Eligible to Enroll in ENG 123 as defined by the Academic Code OR Successful Completion
of ENG 100
ENG 100 (3-0-3)
College Writing Fundamentals
This course prepares students for College Composition and other writing-intensive college courses by linking reading and writing skills. It focuses on grammar, critical thinking, active reading, and writing for a variety of audiences across multiple genres. This is an in-person course and cannot be taken online. This course is developmental in nature, and the three credit equivalents do not satisfy degree or certificate requirements. This course is developmental in nature, and the three credit equivalents do not satisfy degree or certificate requirements. Upon successful completion of this course, students are encouraged to enroll in College Composition and the College Composition Workshop (ENG 123 and ENG 096).
ENG 123 (3-0-3)
College Composition
This course provides a foundation in written communication and places focus on critical
thinking, research, information literacy, rhetoric, and the writing process. Essays
and an oral presentation are required.
PR: Eligible to Enroll in ENG 123 as defined by the Academic Code OR Successful Completion
of ENG 100
ENG 124 (3-0-3)
Literature & Writing
This course is an introduction to reading and writing about the primary genres of
literature: fiction, poetry, and drama. The course emphasizes personal and critical
responses to texts as well as textual analysis.
PR: ENG 123
ENG 125 (3-0-3)
College Composition II
This course builds upon the skills obtained in ENG 123 by providing for more advanced
study in written communication. The course focuses on peer-reviewed research, information
literacy, rhetoric, and writing for the disciplines. A multimodal assignment including
a written and oral component is required.
PR: ENG 123
ENG 200 (3-0-3)
Introduction to Creative Writing
This course introduces the elements and craft of creative writing, with a focus on
analyzing, writing, and revising short fiction.
PR: ENG 123
PR/CR: ENG 124
ENG 205 (3-0-3)
Writing Poetry
This course focuses on developing students’ abilities to write, revise, and analyze
poetry. It is primarily conducted as a workshop: students write and revise their own
poetry, as well as give oral feedback and produce written critiques of their peers’
poems. In addition, the course introduces students to a variety of poetic forms and
asks them to write poetry in these forms. It also introduces them to theories of free
verse and to studies of the poetic line and asks them to write their own free verse.
The course also includes an oral component: students practice reading their own and
others’ poems to the class. Last, the class introduces students to opportunities for
performing and publishing their poetry.
PR: ENG 123
ENG 211 (3-0-3)
Technical and Professional Writing
This course applies the principles of effective writing to the specific forms of professional
and technical writing. It emphasizes designing texts and oral presentations for professional
audiences after analyzing the needs and values of those audiences.
PR: ENG 123
ENG 230 (3-0-3)
Major Genres and Authors
This course examines one or two literary genres, or one or two authors. It analyzes
formal and thematic characteristics of the genres or authors. Examples of focus may
include but are not limited to the short story, poetry, drama, young adult literature,
mystery and detective fiction, graphic novels, memoir, Toni Morrison, and Shakespeare.
PR: ENG 123 and ENG 124
ENG 240 (3-0-3)
Literature and Identity
This course examines the literature of a particular cultural, ethnic, or national
group. The course focuses on the study of groups based on race, class, ethnicity,
sex/gender, or the intersectionality of these groups. Examples of focus may include
but are not limited to Asian American, Native American, African American, Hispanic,
Transnational, LGBTQIA+, Women’s, and Working-Class Lesbian Literature. If you have
previously taken an English or Literature course focused on a cultural, ethnic, or
national group, then you may not take this course for credit unless you get permission
from the Dean of Liberal Arts.
PR: ENG 123 and ENG 124
ENG 250 (3-0-3)
Literature Survey
This course examines literature in one or more literary periods. Emphasis is placed
on diverse literary figures as well as on the socio-economic, cultural, and historical
contexts of the literature under study. Examples of focus may include but are not
limited to British Literature since 1800, American Literature to 1865, Contemporary
World Literature, Postcolonial Literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Romantics.
If you have previously taken a literary survey course, then you may not take this
course for credit unless you get permission from the Dean of Liberal Arts.
PR: ENG 123 and ENG 124
ENG 280 (3-0-3)
Mythology
This course introduces students to selected major myths, and to representative or
noteworthy minor myths, which various cultures have created in their efforts to come
to terms with perceived reality. The course also explores the belief systems which
underlie those myths. Finally, the course also enables students to recognize the continued
value and relevance of myth and myth-making.
PR: ENG 123
PR/CR: ENG 124
ENG 290 (3-0-3)
Introduction to Literary Criticism & Theory
This course introduces students to the craft of literary criticism, including a survey
of literary methods and theories of the 20th and 21st centuries, techniques of close
reading, and the application of literary criticism to two novels.
PR: ENG 124 and one of: ENG 230, ENG 240, or ENG 250