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ENGL 490 · English

Senior Seminar in Literary Research

Intensive capstone seminar focused on a specialized author or movement, requiring an original 25-page scholarly research thesis.

How to enroll Where it fits Catalog Entry

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
3
semester credit hours
Level
400
Upper division
Typically offered
Fall & Spring
every semester
Subject
English
8 courses in the catalog

Prerequisites

ENGL 301, senior standing, and departmental permission.

400-level courses: advanced capstone, senior research, and specialized seminars. This course counts toward the 36 upper-division credits every bachelor's degree requires (Undergraduate Catalog §2.3). Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.7.

Generative AI in this course

Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.

Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.

Offered by

Department of English

Questions: Academic Advising Center

Office
Lovell Hall 101
Phone
(555) 555-0158
Email
advising@university.alkimi.ai

Degree planning

Where ENGL 490 fits

What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.

Take first

Catalog wording: ENGL 301, senior standing, and departmental permission.

This course

ENGL 490

Senior Seminar in Literary Research

3 credits · 400-level · Fall, Spring

Leads to

No other catalog course lists ENGL 490 as a prerequisite.

Counts toward

Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.

AP credit

No AP exam awards credit for ENGL 490. See the full AP equivalency table (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

2026–27 Instructors

Who teaches ENGL 490

Portrait of Dr. Charles Davenport

Dr. Charles Davenport

Professor of English

Instructor for ENGL 490, Fall 2026

Office
Lovell Hall 336
Email
cdavenport@university.alkimi.ai
Portrait of Dr. Leila Haddad

Dr. Leila Haddad

Professor of English; Chair of the University Curriculum Committee

Instructor for ENGL 490, Spring 2027

Office
Lovell Hall 332
Email
lhaddad@university.alkimi.ai

Meeting times and rooms for each term are listed in AlkimiHub when registration opens.

Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).

Registration

How to enroll in ENGL 490

  1. Check the prerequisites

    ENGL 301, senior standing, and departmental permission.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    ENGL 490 is typically offered in both the fall and spring semesters. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.

  3. If the section is full, join the waitlist

    When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.

Spring 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

Spring 2027 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

Fall 2026 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

Fall 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.

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