English Department Courses

General Education Literature Courses

101 Classics of Western Literature
102 Modern Western Literature
105 Modern Global Literature

General Education Writing Courses

103. Composition and Research (4 hours)
104. Composition and Research (2 hours)

Core Required Courses

215. Classical and Early British Literature
216. British Literature: 17th Century to 20th Century
494. Senior Seminar

Period Courses 

331. Medieval Literature
336. The English Renaissance
337. Seventeenth-Century English Literature
341. American Literature from the Beginnings through Romanticism
342. American Literature: Realism to Modernism
343. American Literature: Modernism and Beyond
353. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
355. The Romantic Period
361. Victorian Literature
364. Modern British Literature
371. Modern European Literature

Figure Courses

334. Shakespeare 
348. Selected Authors (2 or 4 hrs.)

Special Topics

201. Non-Western Literature 
335. Poetry Writing and Criticism
349. African-American Literature
373. Literature of the Bible
375. Women Writers
431. Christianity and Fantasy
433. Varied Literary Topics (2 or 4 hrs.)
434. Modern Literary Theory
435. History of Literary Criticism

Writing Courses

213. Creative Writing
214. Discursive Writing
332. Creative Nonfiction
335. Poetry Writing and Criticism
336. Fiction Writing and Criticism
444 . Special Topics in Writing 
471. Composition Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy
495. Writing Projects
496. Writing Internship

English Education

271. History of the English Language (2 hrs.)
324. Methods of Teaching English 
326. Children's Literature
327. Adolescent Literature

Additional Opportunities 

495. Independent Study
496. Literature Internship

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