ENG 1030. Civilization & Worldviews: Literature. (3 Credits)

This course provides practice and experience in reading and analyzing three primary genres of literature: fiction, poetry, and drama. The purpose of this course is to enable the student to enjoy and appreciate a wide spectrum of literature, with an understanding of how best to undertake various types of critical analyses of a work.

ENG 1040. Introduction to Writing. (3 Credits)

This course is designed for the student with a good background in writing, focuses on the process of written expression, and gives practice in dealing with the various modes of discourse from free writing through research.

ENG 1050. Introduction to Writing Studio. (1 Credit)

This course is a one-credit “studio” session that augments the work done in ENG 104. The studio session meets 1 hour per week in addition to the ENG 104 meeting times and is designed for students who will benefit from extra support, feedback, and attention. The work completed in ENG 105 will help clarify and reinforce an understanding of the writing process by providing students with active reading and study skills, individualized learning strategies, and a dedicated writing community.

ENG 1300. Literature. (3 Credits)

This course introduces students to forms of literature that include short story, drama, poetry, and the novel with a concentration on American literature, specifically focused on The American Dream. Students will learn how literary devices from all of the genres are used to create meaning for readers: plot, characterization, theme, point of view, setting, and figurative language. Students will engage in close reading: they will be asked to analyze literature inductively, using clues from the surface level of literature (literary devices) to create larger truths they see in the literature. Additionally, students will examine how these texts define what it means to be “American,” specifically what material, social, spiritual, psychological, intellectual and environmental conditions contribute to this definition (both in the making of the texts and within the texts’ representations). Students’ analysis of texts will be expressed through writing projects, journals, presentations, and other activities.

ENG 1360. Literary Visions. (3 Credits)

This course brings literature to life with dramatizations of individual works and readings of literary passages. As an introduction to literature, it incorporates both contemporary and traditional works in its selection of literary texts. It also places a strong emphasis on writing about literature as a way for students to learn and use advanced compositional techniques.

ENG 1900. Intro to English Studies. (3 Credits)

This course provides an intensive introduction to concepts necessary for the study of literary and language studies, including major literary movements, basic principles of critical theory, literary research, and scholarly writing. ENG 1900 is open to English majors, Secondary-Ed English majors, and others with permission of the department.

ENG 2050. English Language. (3 Credits)

This course presents the basic structure of standard written English and elements of style in written composition. Activities will help students gain mastery in the conventions of English usage, explore the relationship between language and thought, and apply rhetorical principles in their own reading and writing. The course also will function as an introduction to linguistics, including attention to semantics, semiotics, and the cultural role of language.

ENG 2100. College Writing. (3 Credits)

This course is a beginning college-level composition course designed to provide a variety of challenging writing tasks addressing a number of vital ideas and issues. Through critical reading and discussion of essays written by influential thinkers such as Niccolo Machiavelli, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Virginia Woolf, students learn to write thoughtful, logical, creative essays incorporating research when appropriate.

ENG 2450. Art of the Personal Essay. (3 Credits)

This course is designed for those students who have demonstrated competence in the basic techniques of expository writing and the mechanics of language. The object of the course is to steer students away from structured, research composition to drawing creative material from their own minds and experience.
Prerequisites: (ENG 104, 190, 1040 or 1900).

ENG 2460. Creative Writing. (3 Credits)

This course involves studying theory, models, and strategies for writing fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as developing skills while creating new works in all three genres.
Prerequisites: (ENG 104 or 1040).

Pathway: CRAR

ENG 2500. Academic Writing and Research. (3 Credits)

Academic Writing and Research teaches the conventions and expectations of academic research writing by guiding students through their own extended research project. This course teaches project discovery; annotation of source materials; processes of drafting and revision; delivery of a polished final product that adheres to the standards of citation style; and finally, remixing of the essay into a multimodal and/or digital format.
Prerequisites: (ENG 104, 210, 1040 or 2100).

ENG 2710. Topics in American Literature and Society. (3 Credits)

This course focuses on a variable theme determined by the professor that is significant to American literature and society. Special emphasis is placed on revealing the many ways that literature is both a product of society and shapes society. The purpose of this course is to reveal how literature performs personal, cultural, social, political, and economic functions in particular American contexts, both in the time it was written but also still today. This course is repeatable, so long as the theme is not repeated.

ENG 2720. Topics in British Literature and Society. (3 Credits)

This course focuses on a variable theme determined by the professor that is significant to British literature and society. Special emphasis is placed on revealing the many ways that literature is both a product of society and shapes society. The purpose of this course is to reveal how literature performs personal, cultural, social, political, and economic functions in particular British contexts, both in the time it was written but also still today. This course is repeatable, so long as the theme is not repeated.

ENG 2730. Topics in Global Literature and Society. (3 Credits)

This course focuses on a variable theme determined by the professor that is significant to global literature and society, especially non-Western literature and society. Special emphasis is placed on how different global contexts approach literature in different, yet interrelated ways. The purpose of this course is to reveal how literature circulates, evolves, and adapts across global contexts, performing different social functions along the way. This course is repeatable, so long as the theme is not repeated.

ENG 3050. English Grammar and Usage. (3 Credits)

This course is intended for students who already have a solid background in grammar and wish to extend their knowledge and appreciation of grammatical principles. It is required of all English majors.
Prerequisites: (ENG 104, 190, 1040 or 1900).

ENG 3410. American Literature: Beginnings to 1865. (3 Credits)

This course surveys the Romantic and Realist traditions of American Literature as they develop and form the basis for what has become the modern entity. Representative writers such as Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Crane, and selected poets such as Whitman and Dickinson are considered for their influence on the development of American literature.

ENG 3420. American Literature: 1865 to Present. (3 Credits)

This course surveys the development of American literature from the latter part of the 19th century to the present. Representative writers will be studied.
Prerequisites: (ENG 103, 104, 190, 1030, 1040 or 1900).

ENG 3440. British Literature: Beginnings to Early 1700s. (3 Credits)

This course reviews the early years of English literary history. The course begins with Beowulf and surveys four major literary periods: The Middle Ages, The Sixteenth Century, The Seventeenth Century, and the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century. Major authors studied include Chaucer, Milton, Marlowe, Spenser, and Swift.

ENG 3450. British Literature: Late 1700s to Present. (3 Credits)

This course surveys the continuing development of English literature from Blake through the Romantics and Victorians to the moderns. It is required for all English majors.
Prerequisites: (ENG 103, 104, 190, 1030, 1040 or 1900).

ENG 3470. Survey of World Literature. (3 Credits)

This course provides a compressed survey of World Literature for non-traditional students in accelerated programs.
Prerequisites: (ENG 103, 104, 190, 1030, 1040 or 1900).

ENG 3500. Classical & Modern Rhetoric. (3 Credits)

This course provides an overview and study of the art of classical rhetoric, beginning with the ancient Greeks and culminating in twenty-first century understandings and applications.

ENG 3550. Modern Fiction & the Tradition. (3 Credits)

This course examines principle authors and works of this century and studies the historical development of the novel as an aid to understanding the present conventions of the genre.

ENG 3560. Modern Poetry & the Tradition. (3 Credits)

This course studies twentieth century poetic conventions and contemporary poets in historical perspective.

ENG 3650. History of the English Language. (3 Credits)

This course studies the history and structure of the English language and several grammatical systems of English and dialectology. It surveys the development of the English language, from the Old English period to the present, and provides an introduction to linguistics.

ENG 3860. Special Topics in Literature. (3 Credits)

This course focuses on repeated themes or specific styles that have proven important in literature.

Pathway: CRAR

ENG 3920. Survey of American Literature. (3 Credits)

This course provides a compressed survey of American Literature for non-traditional students in accelerated programs.

ENG 3940. Survey of British Literature. (3 Credits)

This course provides a compressed survey of British Literature for non-traditional students in accelerated programs.

ENG 3960. English Language and Its Usage. (3 Credits)

This course studies the history and structure of the English language as well as the evolution of its usage conventions. It surveys the development of the English language, from the Old English period to the present, and provides an introduction to linguistics.
Prerequisites: (ENG 104, 210, 1040 or 2100).

ENG 3990. Internship. (3 Credits)

The topic of the internship is determined in conjunction with the responsible faculty, the on-site supervisor, and the student.

ENG 4100. Professional Writing Seminar. (3 Credits)

This course examines writing outside of academia in a variety of professional genres and disciplines, particularly in the area of business. Students will analyze and produce work within chosen specialties.
Prerequisites: (ENG 104, 1040, 210 or 2100).

ENG 4650. Shakespeare. (3 Credits)

This course examines the major works of Shakespeare including examples of the comedies, histories, tragedies, and the sonnets.
Prerequisites: (ENG 103, 104, 190, 1030, 1040 or 1900).

ENG 4750. Literary Criticism. (3 Credits)

This course considers the premises and methods of criticism. The course will survey the various modern approaches to literature - formalist, genre, archetypical, historical, and others - and will provide exercises in practical criticism.

ENG 4950. Senior Capstone. (3 Credits)

This course provides students the opportunity to conduct a research project in the humanities. The semester’s work is designed to integrate the humanities and to develop a Christian perspective on the arts, culminating in the creation and presentation of a research project.
Prerequisites: ENG 4750 or 475.