English Curriculum
Preparatory Courses
LANG 101a Transition to College Writing
LANG 111 Introductory College Writing for Transitions
LANG 112 Introductory College Writing
Freshman Courses
LANG 131 College Writing for Transitions 4 hrs. req. for all students (GVC)
LANG 191 Advanced College Writing for Transitions
LANG 131a/132 College Writing
Freshman and Sophomore Courses
ENG 201 British Literature I 12 hrs. req. for major
(six to eight major works/figures from Beowulf through the 18th century)
ENG 212 British Literature II
(six to eight major works/figures from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, including Romantics, Victorians, Realists, Modernists, and Post-Modernists)
ENG 231 American Literature I
(six to eight major works/figures from before European exploration through the Civil War)
ENG 242 American Literature II
(six to eight major works/figures from the Civil War to the present, including Romantics, Realists, Modernists, and Post-Modernists)
ENG 251/2 Introduction to Fiction 3 hrs. req. for major
ENG 261/2 Introduction to Drama
ENG 271/2 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 281/2 African Literature 3 hrs. req. for major
ENG 341/2 World Lit I (classical and early modern emphasis)
ENG 351/2 World Lit II (modern and post-modern emphasis)
Literature course in a foreign language may substitute
ENG 291 Ways of War and Peace elective
Sophomore and Junior Courses
LANG 301 Linguistics 3 hrs. (either) req. for major
LANG 312 Grammars of English
LANG 361/2 Shakespeare 3 hrs. req. for major
ENG 302 Literature for Children elective
ENG 311 Literature for Adolescents elective
LANG 321 Creative Writing: Poetry elective
LANG 322 Creative Writing: Fiction elective
THR 342 Playwriting and Criticism elective
LANG 332 Academic and Professional Writing elective
LANG 372 Psycholinguistics elective
Junior and Senior Courses
ENG 401/2 Writing-Intensive major seminar 3 hrs. req. for major
on a single figure or literary movement
ENG 411/2 Introduction to Literary Theory elective
LANG 451 Methods of TESL elective
LANG 461/2 TESL Practicum elective
