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Spring 2010

This page details all current upperclass English courses that fulfill various requirements.  It is broken up into three sections:
  To view details for each course, click on the course number.

  • For a pdf file with all upperclass English course descriptions, click here.

English Department Area Requirements

English Literature: Pre-1800
1. Medieval 2. Renaissance 3. Restoration & 18th Century
ENG 3290 - Renaissance Br/Ir Lit. & Cult. - Adaptation (course description here) ENG 3490 - 18th c. Brit/Ir Lit. & Culture - Restoration Literature (course description here)
American Literature to 1900 with British/Irish Literature after 1900
4a. American Literature to 1900 4b. British/Irish Literature after 1900
ENG 2790 - Topics in Lit. and Culture - African American Literary Tradition I (course description here) ENG 2470 - Modern Irish Drama (course description here)
ENG 4001 - Major Amer Writers I (course description here) ENG 2500 - Irish Renaissance (course description here)
ENG 4515 - American Gothic (course description here) ENG 3615 - James Joyce (course description here)
ENG 4590 - Am. Lit. & Cult. before 1900 - The Pursuit of Happiness in Early America (course description here)  
19th Century British/Irish Literature with American Literature after 1900
5a. 19th Century British/Irish Literature 5b. American Literature after 1900
ENG 3520 - 19th Cent British Novel (course description here) ENG 2520 - Black Lit: Short Story (course description here)
ENG 3590 - 19th c. Brit/Ir Lit. & Culture - Fictions of the Family (course description here) ENG 3616 - Irish American Drama & Film (course description here)
ENG 3591 - 19th c. Brit/Ir Lit. & Culture - Early Romantics: Imagination and Politics (course description here) ENG 4515 - American Gothic (course description here)
  ENG 4620 - American Novel 1895-1950 (course description here)
  ENG 4690 - Amer. Lit. & Cult. after 1900 - American Drama 1960-the Present (course description here)

English courses filling Diversity Requirements

Diversity 1
ENG 2520 - Black Lit: Short Story (course description here)
ENG 2790 - Topics in Lit. and Culture - African American Literary Tradition I (course description here)
ENG 3616 - Irish American Drama & Film (course description here)
Diversity 2
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature (course description here)
ENG 2520 - Black Lit: Short Story (course description here)
Diversity 3
ENG 2731 - Intro to African Lit II (course description here)
ENG 2735 - African Drama (course description here)

English courses filling Requirements for Concentrations and Minors

Irish Studies
ENG 2470 - Modern Irish Drama (course description here)
ENG 2500 - Irish Renaissance (course description here)
ENG 3615 - James Joyce (course description here)
ENG 3616 - Irish American Drama & Film (course description here)
Gender and Women's Studies
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature (course description here)
Africana Studies
ENG 2520 - Black Lit: Short Story (course description here)
ENG 2731 - Intro to African Lit II (course description here)
ENG 2735 - African Drama (course description here)
ENG 2790 - Topics in Lit. and Culture - African American Literary Tradition I (course description here)
Writing & Rhetoric (note: except for ENG 2250, these courses do not fulfill the Core Advanced Literature requirement)
ENG 2003 - Intro to Creative Writing (course description here)
ENG 2009 - Writing the Traditional Novel (course description here)
ENG 2020 - Journalism (course description here)
ENG 2030 - Tutoring Writers (course description here)
ENG 2041 - Travel Writing (course description here)
ENG 2043 - Writing About US Pop Culture (course description here)
ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Business Writing (section 001) (course description here)
ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Non-Fiction Narration (section 002) (course description here)
ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Sports Writing (section 100) (course description here)
ENG 2070 - Legal Writing (course description here)
ENG 2250 - Ways of Reading: Lit Analysis (course description for 001 here) (course description for 002 here)