May 16, 2024  
2008-2009 Academic Catalog 
    
2008-2009 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • ENGL 333 - Critical Approaches to English Language Arts


    Critical strategies and skills necessary to integrate the study of literature, language, composition, and grammar. A research paper is required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101-102 or their equivalents.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 351 - Advanced English Grammar


    Review of English grammar with special attention to syntax and usage.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101-102 or their equivalents.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 361 - Advanced English Composition


    Theory and practice of various types of composition.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or ENGL 106H.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 401 - World Literature: Oriental, Classical, Medieval and Renaissance


    Representative selections from Oriental, Greek, Roman, and Renaissance literature.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 401 and ENGL 537.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 402 - World Literature: Enlightenment to Twentieth Century


    Representative selections of literature from the Enlightenment to the present.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 402 and ENGL 537.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 403 - Introduction to Linguistics


    Survey of the most significant areas of linguistic study, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical and comparative linguistics, and dialectology.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 403 and ENGL 505.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 404 - Literature of the European Enlightenment


    Major literary works of Continental Europe during the Enlightenment.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 404 and ENGL 506.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 406 - Women in Literature


    Women writers and/or images of women in literature.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 406 and ENGL 507.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 407 - Contemporary Poetry


    Study of English and American poetry since 1945.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 407 and ENGL 513.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 408 - Contemporary Novel


    Study of the novel since 1945.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 408 and ENGL 514.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 409 - Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century


    Major works of English literature from the Restoration to 1800.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 409 and ENGL 509.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 410 - Research Practicum in English


    Capstone course for English majors, with emphasis on research and writing methods. Completion of portfolio required.

    Prerequisite: 18 hours of English or permission of department head.

    Lec. 1 Lab. 1Cr. 1
  
  • ENGL 413 - Major Writers of the Romantic Period


    Major figures including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 413 and ENGL 539.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 415 - Victorian Prose and Poetry


    Representative writers of prose and poetry during the English Victorian period.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 415 and ENGL 519.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 421 - Shakespeare: Early Comedies and Histories


    Comedies representative of the development of the early comic style, and the major plays in the history genre.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 421 and ENGL 523.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 422 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Late Comedies


    Four major tragedies, other representative tragedies, and representative problem comedies and romances.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 422 and ENGL 524.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 431 - Chaucer and the Middle Ages


    Major and some minor works of Chaucer within their medieval cultural context.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 431 and ENGL 526.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 432 - Non-Chaucerian Medieval English Literature


    Major literary genres and non-Chaucerian works of the Old and Middle English periods.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 432 and ENGL 532.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 442 - Creative Writing (Fiction)


    Theory and technique of fiction, combining lecture and workshop format.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 442 and ENGL 441.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 201-202 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 443 - Creative Writing (Poetry)


    Theory and technique of poetry, combining lecture and workshop format.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 443 and ENGL 441.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 201-202 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 451 - Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose


    Detailed analysis of the major poetry and prose of John Milton with some attention to related metaphysical, Cavalier, and classical poets.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit ENGL 451 and ENGL 528.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 461 - Twentieth-Century Poetry


    Study of modern poetry, British and American.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 461 and ENGL 529.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 465 - Louisiana Literature


    Louisiana writers from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

    Notes
    Duplicate credit will not be given for ENGL 465 and ENGL 565 or for ENGL 465 and ENGL 496 or ENGL 596 on the topic of Louisiana literature.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 473 - Twentieth-Century Southern Literature


    Major figures including William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Eudora Welty.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 473 and ENGL 540.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 475 - History of the English Language


    Historical survey of Old, Middle, and Modern English forms; an examination of structural and transformational/generative grammars.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 475 and ENGL 531.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 479 - Comparative Mythology


    Religious, mythical, and historical traditions of Semitic and Indo-European societies, with emphasis on the folk literature of Greece, Rome, and Northern Europe.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 479 and ENGL 579.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 221 or permission of the department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 480 - Resources in Language Content Area


    Finding and evaluating traditional as well as digital and Internet sources in specific content areas of language. Selecting and using the sources and techniques best suited to furthering professional knowledge and integrating technological resources into the study of language.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 480 and FREN 480, LATN 480, SPAN 480, ENGL 580, FREN 580, LATN 580 or SPAN 580.

    Prerequisites: 6 hours in English and/or foreign language above 100-level.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 481 - Louisiana Folklore


    Introduction to folklore concepts with focus on Louisiana’s folk traditions. Course will cover the State’s five cultural regions. Includes fieldwork.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 481 and ENGL 581. May not substitute for HIST 301.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 482 - American Folklore


    Critical study of American folk traditions to include celebrations, genres, foodways, popular cultural myths, and occupations. Includes fieldwork.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 482 and ENGL 582. May not substitute for HIST 301.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 483 - Modern Grammar and Composition for Teachers


    Extended study of the ways of applying knowledge of grammar to the development of composition skills consistent with professional standards for the various levels of instruction in elementary and secondary schools.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 483 and ENGL 503.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
    Field Experience Field Experience: 15 hours

  
  • ENGL 484 - Literature and Composition for Teachers


    Ways of applying knowledge of literature to the development of composition skills consistent with professional standards for the various levels of instruction in elementary and secondary schools.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 484 and ENGL 504.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 485 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Theory and Application for Teachers


    General principles of language acquisition and guidelines for teaching ESL. Classroom application of principles and guidelines emphasized through lesson and unit plan development.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 485 and ENGL 585.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 351 or permission of department head.

    Lec.Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 486 - Seminar in Tutoring Writing Across the Curriculum


    Trains tutors to work individually with students who need assistance in writing, including non-native speakers. Tutors will also work in Write to Excellence Center. Research paper required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 486 and ENGL 586.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 351 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 491 - Literary Criticism


    Important literary critics, ancient and modern.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 491 and ENGL 533.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 495 - Critical Theory and Children’s Literature


    Cross Cultural analysis of significant works of children’s and young adolescent literature, including fairy tales, folk tales, myths, legends, fantasy, realistic novels, and didactic stories. Wide use of critical materials related to literature for children and young adults. Critical readings include thematic, psychoanalytic, historicist, feminist, and cultural criticism. Research paper required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 495 and ENGL 595.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 496 - Special Topics in Literature


    Topics vary each semester and include, but are not limited to, individual authors, genres, or movements.

    Notes
    May be repeated once as topics vary with permission of the department head. No duplicate credit for ENGL 496 and ENGL 502 or ENGL 596 on the same topic.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and 6 additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 500 - Entrance into the Master of Arts Program


    Students pursuing the Master of Arts in English must be accepted by the graduate school and the department. Submission of GRE scores is required for admission. Students will be assigned a grade of “S” (Satisfactory) or “U” (Unsatisfactory).

    Cr. 0
  
  • ENGL 502 - Special Topics in Literature


    Topics vary each semester and include, but are not limited to, individual authors, genres, or movement. Directed readings and research project required.

    Notes
    May be repeated once as topics vary with permission of the department head. No duplicate credit for ENGL 496 or ENGL 502 on the same topic.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 503 - Modern Grammar and Composition for Teachers


    Ways of applying knowledge of grammar to the development of composition skills consistent with professional standards for the various levels of instruction in elementary and secondary schools. Directed reading(s) and/or research paper required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 503 and ENGL 483.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 504 - Literature and Composition for Teachers


    Extended study of the ways of applying a knowledge of literature to the development of composition skills consistent with professional standards for various levels of instruction in elementary and secondary schools. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 504 and ENGL 484.

    Lec 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 505 - Introduction to Linguistics


    Intensive survey of the most significant areas of linguistic study, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical and comparative linguistics, and dialectology. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 505 and ENGL 403.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 506 - Literature of the European Enlightenment


    Survey of the major literary works of Continental Europe during the Enlightenment. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 506 and ENGL 404.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 507 - Women in Literature


    Women writers; images of women in literature. Lectures and discussions will be supplemented by directed readings and research papers.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 507 and ENGL 406.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 509 - Literature of the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century


    Major works of English literature from the Restoration to 1800. Lectures and discussions will be supplemented by directed reading, independent reading, and research papers.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 509 and ENGL 409.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101-102 or their equivalents; ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 513 - Contemporary Poetry


    Extended study of English and American poetry since 1945. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 513 and English 407.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 514 - Contemporary Novel


    Extended study of the novel since 1945. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 514 and ENGL 408.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 519 - Victorian Prose and Poetry


    Survey of representative writers of prose and poetry during the English Victorian period. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 519 and ENGL 415.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 523 - Shakespeare: Early Comedies and Histories


    Extended study of comedies representative of the development of the early comic style, and the major plays in the history genre. Directed reading(s) and/or research paper required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 523 and ENGL 421.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 524 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Late Comedies


    Extended study of the four major tragedies, other representative tragedies, and representative problem comedies and romances. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 524 and ENGL 422.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 526 - Chaucer and the Middle Ages


    Major and some minor works of Chaucer within their medieval cultural context. Directed reading and/or research paper required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 526 and ENGL 431.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 528 - Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose


    Extended, detailed analysis of the major poetry and prose of John Milton with attention to related metaphysical, Cavalier, and classical poets. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 528 and ENGL 451.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 529 - Twentieth-Century Poetry


    Intensive study of modern poetry, British and American. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 529 and ENGL 461.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 531 - History of the English Language


    Historical survey of Old, Middle, and Modern English forms; an examination of structural and transformational/generative grammars. Directed reading(s) and/or research paper required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 531 and ENGL 475.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or equivalent and six additional hours of literature courses on the 200-level or above.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 532 - Non-Chaucerian Medieval English Literature


    Major literary genres and non-Chaucerian works of the Old and Middle English periods. Selected readings and research project(s) required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 532 and ENGL 432.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 533 - Literary Criticism


    Intensive study of some of the more important literary critics, ancient and modern. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 533 and ENGL 491.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 534 - Directed Research in Literature


    Independent study of selected topics in literature under the direction of a graduate faculty member in literature. Minimum requirements include: (1) submission of a written proposal covering the research topic(s), (2) thorough literature review within the selected topic area(s), and (3) submission of a formal research report. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 534 and ENGL 492.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 537 - World Literature: Oriental, Classical, Medieval and Renaissance


    Intensive study of representative selections from Oriental, Greek, Roman, and Renaissance literature. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 537 and ENGL 401.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 538 - World Literature: Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century


    Intensive study of representative selections of literature from the Enlightenment to the present. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 538 and ENGL 402.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 539 - Major Writers of the Romantic Period


    Emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 539 and ENGL 413.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 540 - Twentieth-Century Southern Literature


    Extended study of the major figures including William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Eudora Welty, and others. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 540 and ENGL 473.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 565 - Louisiana Literature


    Louisiana writers from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Directed reading and/or research paper required.

    Notes
    Duplicate credit will not be given for ENGL 565 and ENGL 465 or for ENGL 565 and ENGL 496 or ENGL 596 on the topic of Louisiana literature.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 579 - Comparative Mythology


    Religious, mythical, and historical traditions of Semitic and Indo-European societies, with special emphasis on the folk literature of Greece, Rome, and Northern Europe. Lectures and discussions will be supplemented by directed reading, independent research, and research papers.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 579 and ENGL 479.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 221 and ENGL 500 or ENGL 600, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 580 - Resources in Language Content Area


    Finding and evaluating traditional as well as digital and Internet sources in specific content areas of language. Selecting and using the sources and techniques best suited to furthering professional knowledge and integrating technological resources into the study of language.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 580 and FREN 580, LATN 480, SPAN 580, ENGL 480, FREN 480, LATN 580, or SPAN 480.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 581 - Louisiana Folklore


    Introduction to folklore concepts with focus on Louisiana’s folk traditions. Course will cover the State’s five cultural regions. Includes fieldwork. Directed reading and research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 581 and ENGL 481.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 582 - American Folklore


    Critical study of American folk traditions, celebrations, genres, foodways, popular cultural myths, occupations, etc. Includes fieldwork. Directed reading and research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 582 and ENGL 482.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 585 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Theory and Application for Teachers


    General principles of language acquisition and guidelines for teaching ESL. Classroom application of principles and guidelines emphasized through lesson and unit plan development. Assignments in advanced academic content required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 585 and ENGL 485.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 351 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 586 - Seminar in Tutoring Writing Across the Curriculum


    Trains tutors to work individually with students who need assistance in writing, including non-native speakers. Tutors will also work in Write to Excellence Center. Research projects, presentations, and selected readings required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 586 and ENGL 486. ENGL 586 may not be counted towards a degree.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 351, ENGL 500 or ENGL 600, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 595 - Critical Theory and Children’s Literature


    Analysis of significant works of children’s and young adolescent literature, including fairy tales, folk tales, myths, legends, fantasy, realistic novels, and didactic stories across a variety of cultures. The course makes wide use of critical materials related to literature for children and young adults. Critical readings include thematic, psycho-analytic, historicist, and feminist, and cultural criticism. A research paper is required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGL 595 and ENGL 495.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 600 - Entrance into the Master of Fine Arts Program


    Students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts in English must be accepted by the graduate school and the department. Submission of GRE scores and a portfolio is required for admission. Students will be assigned a grade of “S” (Satisfactory) or “U” (Unsatisfactory).

    Cr. 0
  
  • ENGL 601 - Bibliography and Literary Historiography


    Required of all graduate English majors. Introduction to graduate study and to the nature of bibliography, literary research and literary history.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 608 - Linguistics and Poetry


    Linguistic approaches which may be used to investigate poetry.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 609 - The Renaissance in England


    Development of the major genres of nondramatic poetry and prose of the period, including the sonnet, the ode, the pastoral, the epic poem, the prose romance, and satire.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 611 - Development of the English Novel


    English novel’s development with representative reading of the major eighteenth and early nineteenth century novels.

    Notes
    May be repeated once with the approval of department head as course content varies.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 612 - Development of the Short Story


    Development of the short story, from its origins to contemporary trends, with representative readings.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 621 - American Renaissance


    American Literature from 1830-1865.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 641 - American Literature Seminar


    Studies in American literary figures, movements, and themes.

    Notes
    May be repeated once as topics vary with the approval of department head.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 643 - Nineteenth Century British Literature Seminar


    Studies in major Nineteenth Century British literary figures, movements, and themes.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 645 - Studies in Early American Literature: 1650-1830


    American writers from the Puritan Era to the American Renaissance.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 663 - Modern Novel


    Representative world novels of the twentieth century.

    Notes
    May be repeated once with the approval of the department head as course varies.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 665 - The Literature of Greece and Rome


    The Iliad, the Odyssey, and selected classical Greek tragedies; Lucretius, Cicero, and Virgil’s Aeneid.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 671 - Creative Writing Workshop (Poetry)


    Poetry workshop devoted to the critical discussion of student manuscripts.

    Notes
    May be repeated for additional credit up to 15 semester hours.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 672 - Creative Writing Workshop (Fiction)


    Fiction workshop devoted to the critical discussion of student manuscripts.

    Notes
    May be repeated for additional credit up to 15 semester hours.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 673 - Form and Theory of Poetry I


    Prosody and the techniques of poetry.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 674 - Form and Theory of Poetry II


    Extension of Form and Theory of Poetry I involving lecture, poetic composition, and critical discussion, with instruction designed to allow the student to master the use of meter and poetic technique by examining and composing formal poetry.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 673; ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 675 - Form and Theory of Fiction I


    Techniques of fiction.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 676 - Form and Theory of Fiction II


    Extension of Form and Theory of Fiction I involving both classroom and tutorial sessions with instruction designed to allow the student to perfect critical skills by close analysis.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 675; ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 677 - Seminar in Teaching Freshman English


    Survey of rhetoric and composition theories and their impact on current pedagogies. Incorporates grammar and methods used to teach developmental and freshman composition.

    Notes
    All beginning graduate assistants in English must take ENGL 677 during the first semester in which they receive an assistantship. May not be counted toward degree.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 681 - Seminar on Folklore


    Varying topics in folklore, including regional and ethnic folklore, critical studies of genres, literary surveys, folklore theory, and gender issues in folklore.

    Notes
    May be repeated once with the approval of department head as course content varies.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 690 - Professional Endeavors


    Career-oriented activities for the professional creative writer.

    Notes
    Open only to MFA students in their third year of study.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGL 699 - Thesis


    Student must register for the thesis course during each regular semester the thesis is in progress. Student must be enrolled in Thesis the semester the thesis is completed and approved by the examining committee. For the M.A. the thesis shall consist of an appropriate research topic. For the M.F.A. the thesis shall consist of a book of poems, a collection of short stories, or a novel deemed to be of publishable quality by the creative writing faculty.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 500 or ENGL 600 or permission of department head.

    Cr. 1-6
  
  • ENGR 101 - Engineering Graphics


    Manual and computer-aided graphics including orthographic views, sections and conventions, pictorial drawings, dimensioning and space.

    Lec. 1 Lab. 3Cr. 2
  
  • ENGR 109 - Engineering Science and Computing


    Introduction to techniques needed to successfully study engineering while in college and skills needed to effectively perform as practicing engineers after graduation. Addresses the functions of engineers, working as part of a team, and use of computers in engineering problem solving and design.

    Prerequisite: Credit for or registration in MATH 175 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGR 199 - Women in Engineering and Science Seminar


    Discussion of career opportunities for women in engineering and science to reinforce students’ educational and career choices; weekly meetings with speakers to discuss professional and personal development for women engineering and science students.

    Notes
    Credit may not be used to fulfill degree requirements.

    Lec. 2Cr. 1
  
  • ENGR 207 - Elementary Thermodynamics


    First and second law of thermodynamics as applied to ideal and real gases. Use of steam tables. Properties of non-reactive gas and vapor mixtures.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 211.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGR 211 - Circuits I


    Basic laws and theorems in electrical circuits.

    Prerequisite: MATH 190.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGR 301 - Statics


    Vectorial treatment of the principles of statics, resultants and equilibria of force systems, structures, friction, centroids, moments of inertia, virtual work, stationary potential energy, and stability.

    Prerequisites: MATH 190.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGR 302 - Dynamics


    Vectorial treatment of the principles of dynamics to include equations of motion, work and energy, and impulse and momentum for particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 301 and PHYS 211.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGR 303 - Mechanics


    Vectorial treatment of the principles of statics, friction, centroids, moments of inertia, equations of motion, impulse and momentum for particles and rigid bodies.

    Notes
    Open only to chemical engineering and electrical engineering majors.

    Prerequisite: Physics 211.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGR 305 - Strength of Materials


    Compressive, shearing, flexural, and tensile stresses in loaded bars, beams, columns; deflections and stresses in fixed-end and continuous beams; combined stresses; and the strength of welded and riveted joints.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 301 and PHYS 211.

    Lec. 3Cr. 3
  
  • ENGR 306 - Materials Science


    Structures encountered in the principal families of materials (metals, ceramics, polymers) and how the properties depend on structure.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for ENGR 306 and MEEN 316.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 211 and CHEM 102.

    Lec. 2Cr. 2
 

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