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Fall 2008

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 English course descriptions, click here.
  • For a list of courses tentatively scheduled for spring 2009, click here.

English Department Area Requirements

English Literature: Pre-1800
1. Medieval 2. Renaissance 3. Restoration & 18th Century
ENG 3150 - Chaucer ENG 3250 - Shakespeare ENG 2491 - Topics in Irish Studies - Irish Literature before the Famine
ENG 3450 - Dryden Swift & Pope
American Literature to 1900 with British/Irish Literature after 1900
4a. American Literature to 1900 4b. British/Irish Literature after 1900
ENG 4001 - Major Amer Writers I ENG 2490 - Topics in Irish Studies - Irish Film
ENG 4515 - American Gothic ENG 3615 - James Joyce
ENG 4590 - Am. Lit. & Cult. before 1900 - The Pursuit of Happiness in Early America
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 ENG 2301 - Lit of Science Fiction
ENG 3590 - 19th c. Brit/Ir Lit. & Culture - Literature in Victorian London ENG 2530 - Harlem Renaissance
  ENG 4002 - Major Amer Writers II
  ENG 4040 - American Short Story
  ENG 4515 - American Gothic
  ENG 4621 - Amer Novel since 1950
  ENG 4630 - American Drama to 1960
  ENG 4650 - Amer Criminal Trial Narratives

English courses filling Diversity Requirements

Diversity 1
ENG 2530 - Harlem Renaissance
ENG 5000 - Senior Seminar - Ellison's Invisible Man
Diversity 2
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature
Diversity 3
ENG 2740 - Caribbean Lit

English courses filling Requirements for Concentrations and Minors

Irish Studies
ENG 2490 - Topics in Irish Studies - Irish Film
ENG 2491 - Topics in Irish Studies - Irish Literature Before the Famine
ENG 3615 - James Joyce
Women's Studies
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature
 
Africana Studies
ENG 2530 - Harlem Renaissance
ENG 2740 - Caribbean Lit
ENG 5000 - Senior Seminar - Ellison's Invisible Man
Writing & Rhetoric
ENG 2000 - Adv Expository Writing
ENG 2005 - Writing of Short Story
ENG 2020 - Journalism
ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Professional Writing
ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Advanced Business Writing
ENG 2050 - Writing for Magazines
ENG 2060 - Desktop Publishing
ENG 2070 - Legal Writing
ENG 2250 - Ways of Reading: Lit Analysis