Graduate Course Catalog

500 Level

ENG 501: Independent Study (3)
Prerequisites: Overall average of 3.0, an average of 3.5 in the department, and at least 18 semester hours credit in the department.

ENG 502: Independent Study (3)
Prerequisites: Overall average of 3.0, an average of 3.5 in the department, and at least 18 semester hours credit in the department.

ENG 503: Advanced Creative Writing I (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 305 and consent of instructor.
A course designed for students who have had considerable experience in imaginative writing, and who wish to increase their aptitude as writers of drama, fiction, or poetry. Fall.

ENG 504: Advanced Creative Writing II (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 503 and consent of instructor
A continuation of 503, but individuals concentrate on a given form. Spring.

ENG 505: Special Topics in Writing (3)
Prerequisites:
Note: Approved for the Arts and Sciences upper-level requirement in written communication (WR).
Topic definition, audience analysis and editing strategies for technical reports, theses and articles in various disciplines.

ENG 506: WR Teaching of Writing (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 309 or ENGL 310, or consent of instructor.
Note: Approved for the Arts and Sciences upper-level requirement in written communication(WR).
Introduction to the theory, research, and practice that informs the effective teaching of writing.

ENG 515: Introduction to Old English (3)
Prerequisites:
Readings in the original language of Old English prose and poetry.

ENG 518: Foundations of Language (3)
Cross-listed as LING 518
Prerequisites:
A survey of contemporary theories of language, from structuralism to transformational grammar; the relationship of linguistics to literature, psychology, philosophy, reading, and sociology.

ENG 522: Structure of Modern American English (3)
Cross-listed as LING 522
Prerequisites:
Examination of the structure of American English; emphasis on grammatical terminology and systems of classification. Recommended for prospective English teachers.

ENG 523: History of the English Language (3)
Cross-listed as LING 523
Prerequisites:
The evolution of modern English in terms of social, historical, and linguistic forces which molded it; emphasis on Anglo-Saxon metrics, Latin, French, and Danish influences, and cosmopolitan aspects of English.

ENG 535: Applied Linguistics for English Teachers (3)
Cross-listed as LING 535
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or ENGL 105
Applied linguistics and its application to an understanding of speaking, listening, reading, and writing processes.

ENG 541: Studies in Old and Middle English Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or ENGL 105
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers from the Old and/or Middle English periods.

ENG 542: Studies in Tudor and Elizabethan Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers from the Tudor and/or Elizabethan periods.

ENG 543: Studies in Stuart and Commonwealth Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics or groupings of writers from the Stuart and/or Commonwealth periods.

ENG 544: Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics or groupings of writers of the period from 1660 to 1800.

ENG 545: Studies in British Literature of the Romantic Period (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers of the Romantic period.

ENG 546: Studies in British Literature of the Victorian Period (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers from the Victorian period.

ENG 547: Studies in Modern British and/or Irish Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers from the turn of the century through 1950.

ENG 548: Studies in Contemporary British and/or Irish Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers since 1950.

ENG 549: Studies in Post-Colonial and/or Ethnic Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers in post-colonial and/or ethnic literature.

ENG 550: Studies in African American Literature(3)
Cross-listed as PAS 551
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
In-depth study of selected movements, topics, or groupings of African American writers.

ENG 551: Special Topics in Literature in English (3)
Prerequisites:
Topics to be announced in Schedule of Courses. A maximum of 6 hours in special-topics courses may be counted toward the major.

ENG 552: Special Topics in Literature in English (3)
Prerequisites:
Topics to be announced in Schedule of Courses. A maximum of 6 hours in special-topics courses may be counted toward the major.

ENG 561: Chaucer (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
Close reading of the major works, in the context of medieval traditions and fourteenth-century English society.

ENG 562: Shakespeare (3)
Prerequisites:
Intensive study of selected drama and poetry of Shakespeare.

ENG 563: Milton(3)
Prerequisites:
Intensive study of the poetry; background reading in Milton's biography and prose.

ENG 564: Selected Figures in American Literature (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
Study of the works of a selected writer or grouping of writers, in literary, biographical, and/or social context.

ENG 567: Post-Colonial Voices: Writing Experience in African Literature (3)
Cross-listed as PAS 567
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
Note: Approved for the Arts and Sciences upper-level requirement in written communication (WR).
Examination of "post-coloniality" through a selection of fiction and literary criticism by African writers.

ENG 571: Studies in American Literature to 1865 (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics or groupings of writers before 1865.

ENG 572: Studies in American Literature, 1865-1910 (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics, or groupings of writers from the Civil War to 1910.

ENG 573: Studies in American Literature, 1910-1960 (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics or groupings of writers from 1910 to 1960.

ENG 574: Studies in American Literature, 1960 - Present (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of selected movements, genres, topics or groupings of writers in contemporary American literature

ENG 575: Genre Studies in African-American Literature (3)
Cross-listed as PAS 575
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
In-depth study of a selected genre of African-American Literature.

ENG 577: The Harlem Renaissance (3)
Cross-listed as PAS 577
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing.
In-depth study of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance in relation to other literary and artistic productions of the period and to cultural and historical contexts.

ENG 581: Studies in Renaissance Drama(3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
In-depth study of dramatic works by Shakespeare's contemporaries.

ENG 586: Studies in American Drama (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105; junior standing
In-depth study of selected American plays.

ENG 591: History of Criticism: Plato to the New Criticism (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or 105, and ENGL 310
Study of selected theories for the interpretation of literary and other texts, from Plato to the New Criticism.

ENG 599: Advanced Studies in English (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 310; junior standing
Note: Approved for the Arts and Sciences upper-level requirement in written communication (WR).
In-depth analysis of and intensive writing about a focused area of study within the discipline of English.