ENG 100: Developmental Language Arts
NOTE: See Institutional Requirements on pg. 67 of the Program Catalog for additional information regarding this course.
Offered: Fall and Spring
For students who need to improve their language skills in reading and writing and their study skills before moving on to further work in composition. This course must be followed by ENG 101.
3 credit hours
ENG 101: Freshman Composition I
Offered: Fall and Spring
A course offering practice and development of skills in the basic types of the essay.
3 credit hours
ENG 102: Freshman Composition II
Prerequisite: ENG 101
Offered: Fall and Spring
A continuation of ENG 101, emphasizing literature, argumentation, and research. Final credit in ENG 102 is contingent on passing the ALC English Competency Exam. This also applies to transfer students.
3 credit hours
ENG 201: Survey of World Literature I
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 102 with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered: Fall
The literature of Western civilization, excluding Britain and America, with an emphasis on earlier works.
3 credit hours
ENG 202: Survey of World Literature II
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 102 with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered: Spring
The literature of non-Western civilizations with an emphasis on major works.
3 credit hours
ENG 211: Survey of English Literature I
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 102 with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered: Fall
British literature from the Anglo-Saxon Period through Neoclassicism.
3 credit hours
ENG 212: Survey of English Literature II
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 102 with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered: Spring
British literature from Romanticism to Postmodernism.
3 credit hours
ENG 215: Survey of American Literature I
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 102 with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered: Fall
American literature form the Colonial Period through 1850.
3 credit hours
ENG 216: Survey of American Literature II
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 102 with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered: Spring
American literature from 1850 through Postmodernism.
3 credit hours
ENG 302: Creative Writing – Fiction
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
A study of the types, possibilities, and techniques of fiction writing.
3 credit hours
ENG 303: Creative Writing – Poetry
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
Intensive study of contemporary poetry writing with an emphasis on publication.
3 credit hours
ENG 304: Technical Writing
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: Fall, odd years
A study of the types of reports required in education, government, industry, medicine, and science. Assignments may include product and mechanism reports, memos, short reports, proposals, and analytical reports.
3 credit hours
ENG 305: Advanced Composition
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: Fall, even years
Practice in expository writing with emphasis on effective style, sound structure, and mechanics. Additional emphasis on the composition of critical and creative papers. Introduction to advanced research methods. Assigned readings.
3 credit hours
ENG 310: Literary Criticism
Prerequisite: ENG 102
Offered: Spring
An introduction to contemporary literary theory in application to fiction and poetry. Approaches may include deconstruction, gender criticism, new historicism, postmodernism, and psychoanalytic criticism.
3 credit hours
ENG 311: Shakespeare’s Tragedies/Histories
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: Fall
Selected tragedies and histories of Shakespeare.
3 credit hours
ENG 312: Shakespeare’s Comedies/Romances
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: Spring
Selected comedies and romances of Shakespeare.
3 credit hours
ENG 315: Linguistics
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: Spring
An introduction to the study of language. Topics covered include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, dialects, and the history of the English language.
3 credit hours
ENG 350: Appalachian Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
Examination of the range and variety of Southern Appalachian literature with attention to cultural implications and artistic values.
3 credit hours
ENG 400-409: Special Topics in Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
An intensive study in literary genres (poetry, drama, or prose) or groupings (theme, period, or movement). Course content will vary each time the course is offered.
3 credit hours
ENG 410-414: Studies in Major Authors
Prerequisite: Senior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
Intensive study of individual authors (excluding Shakespeare) or groups of authors. Course content will vary each time the course is offered.
3 credit hours
ENG 415: Nineteenth Century American Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: Spring, even years
A study of the works of selected authors from the American Renaissance through Naturalism.
3 credit hours
ENG 416: Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century English Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
A study of selected writings from the British Renaissance through the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, excluding Shakespeare.
3 credit hours
ENG 417: Nineteenth Century English Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
A study of selected writings from the British Romantic Period through the Victorian Period.
3 credit hours
ENG 418: Twentieth Century English Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
A study of selected writings from the Modern and Postmodern Period in English literature.
3 credit hours
ENG 419: Twentieth Century American Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
A study of selected writings from the Modern and Postmodern Periods in American literature.
3 credit hours
ENG 451-469: Special Topics in Literature
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
An intensive study in literary genres (poetry, drama, or prose) or groupings (theme, period, or movement). Course content will vary each time the course is offered.
3 credit hours
ENG 471-489: Studies in Major Authors
Prerequisite: Senior status or permission of instructor
Offered: As needed
Intensive study of individual authors (excluding Shakespeare) or groups of authors. Course content will vary each time the course is offered.
3 credit hours
ENG 490: Senior Seminar in English
Prerequisite: English or English Education (8-12) major and junior standing
Offered: Spring
Advanced reading in literature and criticism. Topics covered may include multiculturalism, stylistics, ecocriticism, colonial and postcolonial theory, and advanced grammar. Students are encouraged to take this course during the second semester of their junior year. This is the capstone course for English majors. Taught by all English Department faculty.
3 credit hours