ENGL 101 — Academic Writing
3 Credits Fall, Spring
Critical reading, thesis-driven argumentative essay composition, analytical rhetoric, textual evidence integration, and iterative peer review.
- Prerequisites:
- None.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
Subject Code: ENGL • Section 9.7
English
Undergraduate courses offered by the faculty in English, supporting major curricula, academic minors, and the Alkimi Core.
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Subject Overview & Curricular Context
Courses in English are designed around rigorous empirical, theoretical, and applied principles. Coursework builds systematically from 100-level introductory surveys through 400-level advanced capstones and research seminars.
Prerequisites must be completed with a grade of C- or higher (unless specified otherwise by the academic department). Students who have not satisfied course prerequisites may only enroll with explicit written permission of the instructor and department chair.
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Undergraduate Catalog
Official descriptions, credit distributions, and prerequisites authorized by the Faculty Senate.
Subject Summary
- Subject Prefix
- ENGL
- Total Courses
- 8
- Academic Levels
- 100–400 Level
Complete Listings
Active Course Offerings (8)
ENGL 102 — Writing, Research, and Technology
3 Credits Fall, Spring
Scholarly research methodologies, digital information literacy, primary and secondary source evaluation, multimodal argumentation, and professional bibliographic documentation.
- Prerequisites:
- ENGL 101 with a grade of C- or higher.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
ENGL 205 — Introduction to Literary Analysis & Critical Theory
3 Credits Fall, Spring
Close reading strategies, poetics, narrative forms, and foundational critical theory frameworks (Marxist, feminist, structuralist, postcolonial) applied to literature.
- Prerequisites:
- ENGL 102.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
ENGL 210 — American Literature
3 Credits Fall, Spring
American fiction, poetry, and essays from the early republic to the present.
- Prerequisites:
- ENGL 101 or ENGL 102.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
ENGL 220 — British Literature and Culture
3 Credits Fall, Spring
Chronological survey of British literary traditions from the Medieval and Renaissance eras through Romanticism, Victorian industrialism, and 20th-century post-imperial modernism.
- Prerequisites:
- ENGL 101 or ENGL 102.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
ENGL 301 — Shakespeare: Texts, Contexts, and Performance
3 Credits Fall
Critical study of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, examining Early Modern performance contexts, textual variants, and contemporary cinematic adaptations.
- Prerequisites:
- ENGL 205.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall
ENGL 340 — The Modern Novel
3 Credits Spring
Evolution of the novel across the 20th and 21st centuries, examining narrative fragmentation, unreliable narration, modernism, and postmodern aesthetic experiments.
- Prerequisites:
- ENGL 205.
- Typically Offered:
- Spring
ENGL 490 — Senior Seminar in Literary Research
3 Credits Fall, Spring
Intensive capstone seminar focused on a specialized author or movement, requiring an original 25-page scholarly research thesis.
- Prerequisites:
- ENGL 301, senior standing, and departmental permission.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring