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Fall 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 2450 - Irish Literature to 1880  (course description here) ENG 3250 - Shakespeare   (course description here) ENG 3490 - 18th c. Brit/Ir Lit. & Culture - Restoration Literature  (course description here)
ENG 3150 - Chaucer  (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 2490 - Topics in Irish Studies - 20th Century Irish Literature: Religion & Nation  (course description here)
ENG 4001 - Major Amer Writers I   (course description here) ENG 2490 - Topics in Irish Studies - Irish Film  (course description here)
ENG 4540 - The American Revolutionary Era   (course description here) ENG 3620 - Modern British Novel   (course description here)
ENG 4590 - Am. Lit. & Cult. before 1900 - Humor in 18th and 19th Century American Literature  (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 3590 - 19th c. Brit/Ir Lit. & Culture - Romantic Revolutions  (course description here) ENG 2530 - Harlem Renaissance   (course description here)
ENG 4002 - Major Amer Writers II   (course description here)
  ENG 4040 - American Short Story   (course description here)
  ENG 4619 - The Works of Edith Wharton   (course description here)
  ENG 4650 - Amer Criminal Trial Narratives   (course description here)
  ENG 4690 - Amer. Lit. & Cult. after 1900 - Drama: American Femenactment  (course description here)

English courses filling Diversity Requirements

Diversity 1
ENG 2530 - Harlem Renaissance   (course description here)
ENG 2790 - Topics in Lit. and Culture - African American Literary Tradition I  (course description here)
Diversity 2
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature  (course description here)
ENG 4619 - The Works of Edith Wharton  (course description here)
ENG 4690 - Amer. Lit. & Cult. after 1900 - Drama: American Femenactment  (course description here)
Diversity 3

English courses filling Requirements for Concentrations and Minors

Irish Studies
ENG 2450 - Irish Literature to 1880   (course description here)
ENG 2490 - Topics in Irish Studies - 20C Irish Lit: Religion/Nation  (course description here)
ENG 2490 - Topics in Irish Studies - Irish Film  (course description here)
Gender and Women's Studies
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature   (course description here)
ENG 4690 - Amer. Lit. & Cult. after 1900 - Drama: American Femenactment  (course description here)
Africana Studies
ENG 2530 - Harlem Renaissance   (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 2000 - Adv Expository Writing   (course description here)
ENG 2003 - Intro to Creative Writing   (course description here)
ENG 2005 - Writing of Short Story   (course description here)
ENG 2020 - Journalism   (course description here)
ENG 2043 - Writing About US Pop Culture   (course description here)
ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Reading & Creating the Graphic Novel (section 001)   (course description here)
ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Professional Writing (section 002)  (course description here)
ENG 2050 - Writing for Magazines   (course description here)
ENG 2250 - Ways of Reading: Lit Analysis   (bsp; (course description for 001 here) (course description for 002 here)