Continued study of expository writing which focuses on the writing of critical papers responding to literature. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 101. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IA (required C or better).

A course in college-level academic writing. Focus on argument, critical reading and writing, and information literacy. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IA.

Introduction to the art of film. Concepts of organization, structure, and editing techniques through viewing and discussing short films. Literary and dramatic influences in feature films. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 121 and ENGL 220. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Does not meet General Education Requirements.

The relation of film to literature as narrative, dramatic and poetic means of expression; the translation of literary works into film. May not receive credit for both ENGL 322 and 221. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Two hours lecture, two hours screening per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA)..

Study of the ways language works and an introduction to the scientific study of language and linguistics. Presupposes no formal study or knowledge of language. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 110 and ENGL 240. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Reading and interpreting a wide variety of poems, examining the features of the poem as a form, variations of the form throughout history. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 203 and ENGL 250. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

An introduction to the types of drama in the American, British and Continental traditions. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 204 and ENGL 251. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Analysis of American, British and Continental novels; the form of the novel and its variations. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 209 and ENGL 252. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study of the historical development of the short story, its forms, characteristics and its most successful practitioners. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 210 and ENGL 253. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

The nature of satire and its historical forms. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 212 and ENGL 254. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of a literary figure, period, genre, movement or theme. May be repeated under different subtitles. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week plus enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of a topic in language, film or writing. May be repeated under different subtitles. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Provides students practical experience in using English course skills through work in a business, public service agency or professional office. A maximum of four credits may be applied to English major. May be taken for a maximum of four hours credit. May not receive credit for both ENGL 339 and ENGL 302. Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 103; junior standing; English major or minor with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA; written permission of department chair.

Provides students practical experience in using English course skills through work in a business, public service agency or professional office different from that used for ENGL 302: Internship in English I. May be taken for a maximum of four hours of elective credit toward degree requirements and not major requirements. Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 103, 302; junior standing; English major or minor with minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA; written permission of department chair.

Effective writing and editing technique applied to, among others, formal proposals, mechanical descriptions, user manuals, investigative reports, field reports, feasibility reports and articles for publication. May not receive credit for both ENGL 373 and ENGL 305. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Helps students improve their writing to meet career demands of particular majors. Students examine styles and forms of writing and evaluate options and requirements for particular writing tasks. Not acceptable for General Education credit. May not receive credit for both ENGL 353 and ENGL 306. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Focuses on writing content for websites. Students learn how to plan, write, design, and evaluate web pages and websites. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Focuses on the practice and theory of writing, advanced strategies of writing, and the forms and aims of discourse. Emphasis on effective assignments, evaluation of prose, and the nature and analysis of style. May not receive credit for both ENGL 201 and ENGL 308. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Survey of the German short story (Deutsche Novelle) from its inception in the 18th century to the present. Taught in English. Cross-listed as GERM 350. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Reading, analysis and discussion of some of the classic works of Spanish and Latin American literature. Taught in English. Does not count toward the Spanish minor. May be taken only once for credit toward the Spanish major. Cross-listed as SPAN 330. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA)

A study of the Gothic strain in English and American fiction from the late 18th through the 20th centuries-its genesis, initial manifestations, popular mutations and periodic reinvigorations. Among authors studied are Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Monk Lewis, Poe, James, Bram Stoker and Stephen King. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of literature written by and about queers including gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, gender-transcendent, and intersexed identities. Selected readings derive from antiquity through the present, and are considered in their proper cultural and historical contexts. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

The literature of the Bible: various forms, stylistic features and relation to culture. Emphasis on the Old Testament, King James version. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 313 and ENGL 341. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study in literature written by American and British women, primarily during the 19th and 20th centuries. Among writers studied are Bronte, Eliot, Chopin, Wharton, Woolf, Plath, Walker. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 309 and ENGL 342. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

In-depth study of literary works of a particular decade with special emphasis on cultural and historical context. (Decade and texts selected by instructor.) May be repeated under different subtitles. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

A survey of representative works of science fiction on a persistent theme or themes, such as artificial intelligence, time travel, or alien cultures by major authors of the genre. May not receive credit for both ENGL 327 and ENGL 345. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study of evolving ideas of wilderness in journals and other non-fiction, along with readings in fiction and poetry which dramatize civilized humanity's relationships with wilderness. Nineteenth and 20th century American authors including Thoreau, John Muir, Fenimore Cooper, Edward Abbey, Jack London, Faulkner, James Dickey and Gary Snyder. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 336 and ENGL 347. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A detailed study of attitudes toward and representations of Nature and the natural in Literature, especially of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Topics may include the hostile relationship between nature and Culture, the image of the animal other, the human as animal, the personification of Nature and/or the animal, the perilous position of human in nature, and the impact of Eco-criticism. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 337 and ENGL 348. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week plus enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Survey of northern European literature from the pagan era through the Middle Ages, including Germanic myths and Icelandic sagas. Supporting materials from archaeology, folklore and popular culture. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 360 and ENGL 349. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Techniques of writing fiction and poetry through reading, analysis and directed writing. Students submit work-in-progress for class discussion and a portfolio of poems or stories. May not receive credit for both ENGL 230 and ENGL 351. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Survey of British literature from Beowulf poet to the Restoration. Readings may include but are not limited to Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Spenser, Marlowe and Milton. May not receive credit for both ENGL 242 and ENGL 356. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week plus enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Survey of British literature from the Restoration in 1660 to the present day. Readings include but not limited to Swift, Pope, Austen, Wordsworth, Keats, the Brownings, Hardy, Yeats, Woolf and Greene. Poetry and fiction included. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study of major western and non-western cultural heritages from antiquity through the Renaissance Europe and ends with the exploration/conquest literature of the early Americas. This course gives you a foundation in the classics of western literature and introduces you to the classical traditions of Native American peoples, India, China and the Middle East. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 207 and ENGL 363. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study of western and non-western cultural heritages from the 17th century to contemporary works. The texts will cover various literary periods from neoclassicism and romanticism to modernism and post-modernism. The course provides a foundation in the classics of modern western literature and introduces modern non-western literature. May not receive credit for both ENGL 208 and ENGL 364. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Survey of novels, poems, short stories and plays by third world authors. Covers writers from South Asian, African and Middle Eastern nations. Explores the rise of three worlds theory in the context of the Cold War and the decolonization struggles of the 1950s and 1960s. Topics include imperialism, colonialism/neocolonialism, identity, nationalism, race, and the validity of the third world as a political and literary-historical category. Authors may include but are not limited to Achebe, Anand, Dangarembga, Habiby, Head, Ngugi, Rachlin, Singh, and Soyinka. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Primitive, oriental and occidental mythology, emphasis on classical, Nordic and Judeo-Christian myths. Application of principles of myth and folklore criticism to Western literature, ancient through modern. Not open to students who have taken ENGL 326. May not receive credit for both ENGL 222 and ENGL 366. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

An examination of a philosophical theme, such as existentialism or tragedy, as reflected in literature. Can be repeated for credit with different themes. May not receive credit for both ENGL 450 and ENGL 368. Prerequisites: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103 and a philosophy course, or consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study in literature written by American authors during the Harlem Renaissance period, beginning with the key concept of the period, W.E.B. Du Bois' Double Consciousness. Readings include but not limited to the poetry of Hughes, McKay, bennett, Fauset and Cullen; the fiction of Nugent, Fisher, Toomer, Larsen and Walter White. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Meets General Education Requirement IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of major American literature from the nation's origins to 1860. Authors to be studied may include but are not limited to Edwards, Franklin, Hawthorne, Irving, Melville, Poe and Whitman. May receive credit for both ENGL 331 and ENGL 380. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of major American literature, from 1860 to the present. Authors to be studied may include, but are not limited to, Crane, London, Chopin, T.S. Eliot, Gilman, Faulkner, O'Neill, Hurston, Hughes, Welty, Ellison, Baldwin, Barthelme, and Morrison. May not receive credit for both ENGL 332 and ENGL 381. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study of African-American literature and its relationship to the African-American movement and the African-American experience in America, with an emphasis on the twintieth-century. Authors may include DuBois, Washington, Hurston, Wright, Ellison, Hansberry, Baraka, Morrison, Walker, and Naylor. May not receive credit for both ENGL 307 and ENGL 383. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of the literature that grew out of the unique perceptions and experiences of the Native Americans with particular emphasis on poetry, short stories and novels. Authors include Erdrich, Silko, Momaday, Black Elk, Welch and Oritz. May not receive credit for both ENGL 328 and ENGL 384. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Explores literature of America's ethnic cultures and their historical and literary contexts. Emphasizes but not limited to literature of African-, Asian-, Jewish-, Mexican- and Native-Americans. May not receive credit for both ENGL 449 and ENGL 385. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of Native American, African-American, U.S., Latina and Asian American women's writing, emphasizing 19th and 20th century issues which influenced their writing. May not receive credit for both ENGL 346 and ENGL 386. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours lecture per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study of journals and travel narratives and popular, regional and historical novels of the American West. Works of writers such as Cooper, Twain, Steinbeck, Anaya, Cather and Silko. May not receive credit for both ENGL 329 and ENGL 387. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Historical survey of American drama from its beginnings to the present. Includes works by major American dramatists, such as Hellman, O'Neill, Williams, Mille and Henley. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 350 and ENGL 388. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

A study of select topics in native American literature. Such topics may include a specific period, region, native group, set of authors, theme or issue. May be taken twice under different subtitles. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

On-site study of the literature, drama, theatre, and culture of selected countries. Field study preceded by pre-tour lectures. May be taken twice for credit under different subtitles. The objective of the course is to better understand the culture and the history of a foreign country through experimental learning and intelligent mentoring. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Study of a director, period, genre, movement or theme in the area of film. May be repeated twice under different subtitles. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 325 and ENGL 401. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

The history of motion pictures with a focus on technical and artistic trends and the work of important artists and directors. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 321 and ENGL 402. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

An introduction to the concept of film genre and to the study of specific film genres including comedies, musicals, westerns, gangster films, horror films and science fiction films. Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 324 and ENGL 403. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

A study of a wide range of films made around the world, with special emphasis on historical development of selected national cinemas, cultural and economic determinants that affect the production of film, and contrasting conventions of film style in contrasting contests of production. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Intensive study of individual American and foreign auteur directors, singly or in groups. Focus on those artists who write their own screenplays and direct their own films. May be repeated twice if different directors are studied. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Introduction to influential theoretical approaches to film such as psychoanalysis, auteurism, feminism, reception and spectatorship theories, genre studies, queer theory, and postcolonial criticism. Includes a range of screenings and encourages students to read films in terms of various cultural, ideological and personal perspectives. Prerequisite: ENGL 220 or 221 or 402 or 403 or 404 or 405. Three hours per week with enhancement.

An intensive study of one to three writers of major stature (choice to be made by the instructor). May not receive credit for both ENGL 343 and ENGL 410. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

An intensive study of one to three writers of major stature (choice to be made by the instructor). Cannot receive credit for both ENGL 343 and ENGL 410. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IA.

Study of representative works by the 14th Century poet Chaucer, taught in their original language, Middle English, with a special emphasis on The Canterbury Tales. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

The sonnets, companion poems, essays and drama. Emphasis on Paradise Lost. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA)

A study of the major comedies and histories with an emphasis on the tragedies. May not receive credit for both ENGL 419 and ENGL 413. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 102 or 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Students analyze in a workshop setting readings in contemporary fiction to observe techniques in craftsmanship and present their own fiction for intensive examination by workshop participants. May be taken twice for credit. May not receive credit for both ENGL 415 and ENGL 311. Prerequisites: ENGL 351 or consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Students analyze in a workshop setting readings in contemporary poetry to observe techniques in craftsmanship and present their own poetry for intensive examination by workshop participants. May be taken twice for credit. May not receive credit for both ENGL 416 and ENGL 312. Prerequisites: ENGL 351 or consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

In-depth study of the creative writing process. Students develop a craft workbook that focuses on contemporary forms and strategies. Students write by assignment and develop techniques of reviewing in order to compare and contrast certain authors' aesthetics with their own creative writings. May be taken twice for credit. May not receive credit for ENGL 417 and ENGL 314 and/or ENGL 340. Prerequisite: ENGL 351 or consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Focuses on present-day language theory and practice. Objectives are not only to increase students' skills in writing classroom language tests and assessing standardized instruments intended for second language learners, but also to improve their ability to evaluate language research in which testing plays a part. Prerequisites: ENGL 432 or 434 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Detailed study of the primary linguistic systems, including phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and pragmatics. Introduces important sociolinguistic research concerns. As the course is designed for teachers in training, students apply those linguistic concepts to practical language learning problems. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Study of modern English grammar accomplished through a variety of language analysis approaches, including traditional, structural and transformational. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 240 or 430 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices relating to learning to read in a second language or second dialect. Topics included are models for acquiring foreign language reading skills, teaching strategies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and political and social implications of second language/dialect literacy. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices relating to learning to read in a second language or second dialect. Topics included are models for acquiring foreign language reading skills, teaching strategies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and political and social implications of second language/dialect literacy. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 430 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week.

Linguistics approach to the peculiar relationship between a language and the cultural total of which the language is a part. Examines language variations within a community according to gender, age, geography, ethnicity, socioeconomic class and level of education. Considers the educational, political and economic implications. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices of learning to write in a second language or second dialect. Topics include writing theory, writing strategies, evaluating writing, and writers and rhetorical concerns. Students develop a literacy project, writing materials for specific ESOL students. May not receive credit for both ENGL 443 and ENGL 434. Prerequisite: ENGL 431 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Study of what it means to be a bilingual child or adult. Explores the mind’s role in bilingualism and in language acquisition. Surveys educational systems’ response to language variance among students and explores the social, academic and language learning consequences of growing up bilingual in the U.S.A. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Introduction to second language acquisition (SLA) theory and the application of SLA theory to second/foreign language teaching practices. Explores what it means to know a language and, hence, how one learns a second language. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Familiarizes students with the foundations of teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). Provides for examination of current theory and empirical data on language learning and teaching. Examines pedagogical implications/applications of teaching methodologies intended for nonnative speakers of English by examining the latest research data. Seeks to meet the needs of practicing or prospective teachers enrolled in an undergraduate program. Prerequisite: ENGL 428 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

A study of British and American poetry from Yeats through World War II. Poets include Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Frost, Williams, Robinson, Crane, Stevens, Auden and Dylan Thomas. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Introduces students to peer tutoring as a mode of collaborative learning. Focuses on preparing students to lead writing center consultations. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103, permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Students analyze in a workshop setting readings in contemporary nonfiction to observe techniques in craftsmanship and present their own nonfiction for intensive examination by workshop participants. May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

A survey of the growth and transformation of feminist literature and theory from the birth of the woman’s movement in the nineteenth century to contemporary cultural feminist writings. We will also investigate modern and contemporary images and representations of women in literature, film and popular culture from a critical perspective that celebrates cultural diversity and alternative viewpoints. Prerequisites: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).

Analytical approaches to literature designed to teach teachers and prospective teachers traditional, formal, psychological, mythological and exponential analyses of narrative fiction, drama and poetry applied to various genres. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Introduces critical methods for analyzing persuasive messages in a variety of genres and contexts. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 306 or 308. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Explores current theories and research on writing process and product. Topics include: definitions of writing; rhetorical contexts; heuristics for pre-writing, writing and rewriting; questions of arrangement, style, grammar, mechanics and assessment. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Applies theoretical concepts from ENGL 465 to current issues in composition and rhetoric research (such as basic writing, methods of responding to student writing and audience adaptation). Emphasizes modes of research for continuing investigation of these issues. Prerequisite: ENGL 465 or approval of the professor. Three hours per week with enhancement.

Study of how changing views of rhetoric affect public attitudes toward writing and influence writing instruction in schools and universities. Emphasizes shifting views toward style, argument and the relationship between persuasion and knowledge. May not receive credit for both ENGL 470 and ENGL 467. Prerequisite: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement.

A survey of literature produced in and around the British Isles between the eighth and the 15th centuries of the Common Era. Anglo-Saxon and other early medieval selections presented in translation although the course includes instruction in rudimentary Old English. Middle English works (excluding Chaucer) presented in the original. Primary texts historicized and contextualized through secondary readings in history, ethnography, the arts, criticism. Prerequisites: C or better in ENGL 103. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IB (Prior to Fall 2008: IA).