Unless otherwise indicated, the prerequisite for upperclass courses is a freshman English sequence. For undergraduate students in the full-time day programs this means ENG 1110 and ENG 1111; or ENG 1013, ENG 1110, and ENG 1111. For international students, ENG 1004, ENG 1005, and ENG 1006; or ENG 1005 and ENG 1006.
ENG 1004 Fundamentals of English-SOL	4 QH
Provides intensive practice in composition with emphasis on accurate, intelligible writing organized around single, well- supported ideas. Gives special attention to individual writing needs. Includes prose readings, class discussion, and selective review of grammar. Pass/fail grading. Prereq. Special placement for non-native speakers whose performance or scores indicate that their writing skills are not yet up to those required for ENG 1005.
ENG 1005 College Writing 1-SOL	4 QH
Emphasizes the development of skills needed in writing clear, expository prose essays. Requires the regular writing and rewriting of essays of increasing length and complexity. Focuses on appropriate prose readings for discussion and analysis and introduces techniques preparatory to research writing. Prereq. ENG 1004 or special placement.
ENG 1006 College Writing 2-SOL	4 QH
Introduces the study of literature through close reading and discussion of fiction, poetry, and drama. Advances development of rhetorical techniques by requiring frequent essays written in relation to the readings and rewritten to improve content, organization, and diction. Provides guided experience with using outside sources and library materials for writing a term paper. Prereq. ENG 1005 or equivalent.
ENG 1007 College: An Introduction	1 QH
Intended for freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences. Seeks to introduce freshmen to the liberal arts in general, as well as to familiarize them with their major; help them develop the academic skills necessary to succeed (e.g., analytical ability and critical thinking); provide grounding in the culture and values of the University community; and help them develop interpersonal skills-in short, to familiarize students with all skills needed to become a successful university student.
ENG 1013 Basic Writing	4 QH
Introduces students to the components of the writing process, from generating and developing ideas, organizing and structuring essays, considering audience, drafting and revising, to controlling the conventions of standard written English. Pass/fail grading. Prereq. Special placement.
ENG 1110 College Writing 1	4 QH
Introduces students to the components of the writing process, from generating ideas to drafting and revising. In a workshop setting, students learn to critically read short texts of some complexity (which in turn serves as the occasion for their own writing) and to write expository prose that makes use of a variety of rhetorical strategies and research methods. Required of all freshmen in the University.
ENG 1111 College Writing 2	4 QH
Continues instruction in critical thinking, reading, and writing; reviews methods of documentation. Requires student to write longer essays and develop well-supported arguments and persuasive writing. Selections of poems, stories, and plays provide an introduction to literature and are the subject matter for writing and discussion. Required of all freshmen in the University. Prereq. ENG 1110.
ENG 1115 Poetry	4 QH
Involves close reading of selected poems, study of critical terms, and practice in different critical approaches to poetry; examines techniques for reading a variety of poetic texts. (Core Category II) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1116 Fiction	4 QH
Involves close reading of selected novels and short stories, study of critical terms, and practice in different critical approaches to fiction. (Core Category II) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1117 Drama	4 QH
Involves close reading of selected plays, study of critical terms, and practice in different critical approaches to drama. (Core Category II) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1118/LIN 1118 Introduction to Language and Linguistics	4 QH
Introduces students to their unconscious linguistic knowledge about sentence structure (syntax), meaning (semantics), word forms (morphology), and speech sounds (phonology). Examines other issues related to language such as the Black English/Standard English debate, women's and men's language, "talking" chimpanzees, "talking" computers, and the nature/nurture controversy. (Core Category II)
ENG 1119/LIN 1119 History of the English Language	4 QH
Studies the development of modern English from Anglo-Saxon beginnings; effects of Scandinavian and Norman invasions; dialect geography; evolutionary changes, word formation, and borrowing; and origins of writing and problems of spelling. Readings include both formal and informal writings, literary selections, wills, journals, and private and public letters. (Core Category III) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1120 Survey of English Literature 1	4 QH
Surveys the major British writers and major literary forms and works from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. Includes works by such writers as Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, and Swift. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1121 Survey of English Literature 2	4 QH
Surveys the major British writers and major literary movements from the Romantic period through the Victorian and modern periods to the present. Includes works by such writers as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Browning, Tennyson, Yeats, Lawrence, Lessing, and Beckett. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1123 Survey of American Literature 1	4 QH
Surveys the major American writers and major literary forms and works from the colonial period to the Civil War. Includes works by such writers as Bradstreet, Taylor, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Emerson. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1124 Survey of American Literature 2	4 QH
Surveys the major American writers and major literary forms and works from the Civil War to the mid-twentieth century. Includes works by such writers as Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Wright. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1125 Technical Writing	4 QH
Trains writers in the clear, unambiguous style of technical writing. Requires students to practice these skills by writing technical proposals, process descriptions, feasibility and program reports, and operators' manuals, and by making oral presentations. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 and 80 QH.
ENG 1126 Backgrounds in English and American Literature	4 QH
Examines in translation Greek, Roman, and biblical literature as background for literary study. Emphasizes the development of myth, genre, and theme. Readings include Homer, Virgil, Ovid, the most influential parts of the Bible, and Dante. (Core Category III) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1218/LIN 1218 Introduction to Language and Linguistics 2	4 QH
A workshop that focuses on three core areas in the study of language: syntax, morphology, and phonology. Examines the regularities that underlie the linguistic system inside each language user's mind, with a slant toward "doing" linguistics: playing with data, analyzing it, and ultimately explaining it. Prereq. ENG 1118/LIN 1118 or permission of instructor.
ENG 1275 Grammar for Journalists	4 QH
Reviews the mechanics of newspaper and magazine prose. Emphasizes grammatical forms, punctuation, spelling, effective structures, and conventional usage. Prereq. Journalism majors only.
ENG 1276 Science Fiction	4 QH
Traces the development of various science fiction themes and approaches, from early man versus machine and love/hate relationships to alien close encounters of all kinds. From Frankenstein to most recent titles. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1277 Topics in Science Fiction	4 QH
Focuses on a single writer or group of writers (such as Wells or writers of contemporary American science fiction), a theme (such as women in science fiction or the future city), or a unifying idea (such as time travel or utopia/dystopia). Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1278 Modern Bestseller	4 QH
Explores the function of quest, romance, and adventure in a selection of contemporary bestselling fiction. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1279 The Modern Novel	4 QH
Studies the major British and American novelists of the twentieth century. Considers theme and form in such authors as Lawrence, Woolf, Fitzgerald, Ellison, Doctorow, and Didion. (Core Category III) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1280 Modern Drama	4 QH
Studies the development of drama from realism to surrealism, from Ibsen to Beckett. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1281 The Modern Short Story	4 QH
Studies the short story from Poe to the present, including such writers as Joyce and Kafka, Hemingway and Flannery O'Connor. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1283 Contemporary Fiction	4 QH
Examines British and American writers from 1945 to the present, including such figures as Lessing, Burgess, Pynchon, Morrison, Kingston, and Barth. Emphasizes experimental and modernist authors. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1285 Literature and the Law	4 QH
Investigates the problems of crime and justice as reflected in literature, from ancient to contemporary works. The secondary focus is the law itself as literature, including explorations of case files and other legal material. The readings encourage students to discover the changing nature of the criminals-heroes or victims or villains-and to deal with the social, psychological, and political facts that define them. (Core Category III) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1286 Literature and Politics	4 QH
Explores how authors from Sophocles to Mailer represent the religious, moral, and ethical conflicts arising from the acquisition, use, and misuse of political power. Considers literature in several categories: utopian, which establishes a conflict between the ideal and the real; satirical, which threatens a power structure by exposing it to scorn; analytic, which describes the rise to and fall from power of individuals, parties, or states; and investigative, which takes the reader inside a power elite to observe its inner operations. Participants examine the difference between the ideal of government and its reality. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1287 The Literature of Science	4 QH
Examines historically the discovery methods and models of literature and science, exploring one or more of the following areas: the relationship of the methods and models of literature and science; the treatment of scientific methods and models in literature; the use of literary devices, techniques, and traditions in scientific texts. Readings are drawn from historically significant scientific texts, literary texts, or some combination of these. (Core Category VI) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1288 Film and Text	4 QH
Studies either the similarities and differences between literary texts and film versions of those texts or the interrelations between film and literature as means of cultural expression during a specific historical period. For example, students might compare Doctorow's Book of Daniel to the film version, Daniel, or they might study books and movies of a period like the sixties that reflect the spirit of the era (Catch-22, The Graduate). Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1289 Shakespeare on Film	4 QH
Examines the various treatments of Shakespeare's plays on film. Treats the technical aspects of film and how these are used by directors to transfer Shakespeare's plays from the stage to the screen. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1290 Topics in Film	4 QH
Studies a theme or problem (film and society, film and politics), a period in film history (American film from 1945 to the present), a film genre (the western, film noir), or a film director (Hitchcock, Coppola). Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1293 Topics in Popular Culture	4 QH
Focuses on such topics as the soap opera, the western, and the police story; on a popular culture activity; or on a popular culture perspective. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1294 Modern Film	4 QH
Studies a selection of major modern films from around the world from a thematic, cultural, and historical perspective. Special attention is given to political, social, ethical, and psychological issues, as well as to the way common human themes emerge in quite diverse cultures. The course also covers the basic procedures of film interpretation. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1300 Topics in Fiction	4 QH
Studies a particular kind of fiction, such as the novella; a problem in fiction, such as the role of the narrator; a particular group of fiction writers; or a theme in fiction. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1307 Literary Interpretation	4 QH
Introduces students to a variety of interpretive methods by studying literary works in different genres-poetry, fiction, and drama-in conjunction with critical texts. Prereq. ENG 1110
and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1309 Topics in Literary Criticism	4 QH
Studies a specific problem method or school of criticism, such as structuralism or archetypal criticism.
ENG 1340 Writing Workshop	1 QH
Emphasizes the writing process: multiple drafts, revision, editing, and publication. Students will write one long paper, often in conjunction with an assigned paper in another course, that will be produced in a class booklet at the end of the quarter. Prereq. 80 QH. By petition.
ENG 1350 Writing for the Professions	4 QH
Provides writing instruction in an interdisciplinary course in which students develop papers on topics relating to their majors. Led by English faculty, students will also read and respond to essays from various disciplines. Writing will be guided in stages from proposal through finished product. Fulfills Middler-Year Writing Requirement. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 and 80 QH.
ENG 1351 Creative Writing	4 QH
Gives the developing writer an opportunity to practice writing various forms of both poetry and prose. Features in-class discussion of student work. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1352 Topics in Writing	4 QH
Offers an opportunity for writers to hone their skills and develop their interests in different forms and subjects. The topics and modes vary each time the course is offered. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1353 Writing for Environmental Professions	4 QH
Provides an opportunity for students in fields related to environmental studies to develop a recommendation report that focuses on an aspect of a complex environmental concern addressed from the perspective of each student's discipline. Given the environmental focus, additional documents assigned might include a site visit, position papers/issue reports, and shorter assignments related to the final report (project proposal, progress reports, a brief presentation, etc.). Includes a workshop approach to writing, peer review, and emphasis on interdisciplinary teamwork. Prereq. ENG 1110, ENG 1111, and 80 QH.
ENG 1357 Poetry Workshop	4 QH
Advanced workshop in writing and examining original student poetry. Students experiment in established poetic forms and compose their own work. Prereq. ENG 1351 or permission of instructor.
ENG 1358 Fiction Workshop	4 QH
Requires students to produce and examine original fiction. Students experiment with writing techniques and critique their work. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1359 Nonfiction Workshop	4 QH
Offers writers an opportunity to explore forms of nonfiction writing in a workshop environment. Features in-class discussion of student writing. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1360 Writing Practicum	4 QH
An upper-level writing course designed for transfer students who have had transfer credit accepted by Northeastern University, but whose performance on the Introductory Writing Program essay indicates that they would benefit from another course in writing. Taken for elective credit, focuses on reading and writing in an academic context. Requires students to write expository essays that allow them to rehearse a number of different writing strategies as they explore a single topic of their choice (in consultation with the instructor) for the entire term. Students are required to keep a portfolio of all their work (from notes to drafts to final essay), a reading notebook, and a grammar log.
ENG 1361 The Writing Process	4 QH
Offers students training in the teaching of writing and reading in the professional literature of writing theory and instruction, under the guidance of the instructor. Students tutor in the Writing Center and/or other venues as part of their course work. Ordinarily, students will spend one day a week meeting in class with the instructor, and the rest of their time working and meeting with the instructor outside the classroom. Requires a final paper reflecting on their experience as teachers of writing. Fulfills the college's experiential education requirement for English majors.
ENG 1362 Publication Arts	4 QH
Explores how to get published and how to get into the publishing business. Focuses on the process of authorship in any field (fiction, drama, poetry, medicine, law, engineering) and in any format (books, journals, newspapers). Examines print and electronic publishing, the process of writing and submitting, and ways to increase acceptance as a writer and/or publication professional. Fulfills the college's experiential education requirement for English majors. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1370 Technical Writing 2	4 QH
Offers an opportunity for students to develop technical writing skills in a particular subject or form. Prereq. ENG 1125 or permission of instructor.
ENG 1371 Writing for the Computer Industry	4 QH
Focuses on computer documentation, covering general information and operating and programming instructions. Includes graphics, layout, testing, and revision. Prereq. ENG 1125 or permission of instructor and one computer science course.
ENG 1380 Writing for the Health Professions	4 QH
Provides an opportunity for students in the health services to develop a recommendation report that incorporates personal experience with academic critique. Students evaluate scholarly and popular journals in their fields. Includes workshop, editing, and peer review. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent and 80 QH to meet Middler-Year Writing Requirement.
ENG 1381 Writing for the Professions: Business Administration	4 QH
Allows students to gain professional writing experience similar to that of the workplace. Relies on the process approach to writing and features an extended simulation, which integrates common written and oral communication through practical application. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent and 80 QH.
ENG 1382 Writing for the Professions: Criminal Justice	4 QH
Provides students in the College of Criminal Justice with instruction in writing a variety of professional forms. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent and 80 QH.
ENG 1400 Topics in Genre	4 QH
Explores the characteristics of a particular literary form over time through works by various authors. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1401/LIN 1401 Introduction to Syntax	4 QH
Offers an introduction to syntax, the structural rules of a language. Develops and tests syntactic theory which, like other scientific theories, seeks to explain why things are the way they are. The question underlying the investigation is: How do the structures of language relate to the structure of the human mind? (Core Category V) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1402/LIN 1402 Grammars of English	4 QH
Provides a study of the rules of sentence construction in English, contrasting the traditional framework with current linguistic models. Students will have the opportunity to prepose, postpose, and extrapose as they learn to manipulate grammatical constructs. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1407/LIN 1407 Introduction to Semantics	4 QH
Focuses on meaning and how it is expressed in language-through words, sentence structure, intonation, stress patterns, and speech acts. How do content, logic, and speakers' and listeners' assumptions affect what sentences can mean? In what ways is linguistic meaning determined by our perceptual system or our culture? Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1408/LIN 1408 Topics in Linguistics	4 QH
Examines closely one of a range of topics from the perspective of current linguistics: American dialects, language and law, women's and men's language, words and word structures, or issues in linguistics and literature. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1409 American Novels 1	4 QH
Focuses on the themes, forms, and techniques of major American novelists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, Melville, Twain, and James. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1410 American Novels 2	4 QH
Studies the modern and contemporary American novel. Considers such writers as Cather, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Bellow, and Baldwin. (Core Category III) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1411 English Drama 1	4 QH
Surveys representative English drama, excluding Shakespeare, from Everyman to Goldsmith and Sheridan. Analyzes dramatic forms as well as the role of the Elizabethan theaters, dramatic conventions, audience content, and acting styles in Restoration farces. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1412 English Drama 2	4 QH
Surveys representative English drama of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Charts the development of the genre from the nineteenth century to the present and discusses themes and forms. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1550 Psychology and Literature	4 QH
Concentrates on twentieth-century novels and short stories that stress individual behavior and motivation and reveal human mental and emotional processes. Includes such writers as Kafka, Wolfe, Faulkner, Conrad, and Lawrence. Same as INT 1707.
ENG 1551 Gender Roles in Literature	4 QH
Investigates the relation between sex roles and literary portrayals. Selections represent male and female writers and provide a culturally comparative perspective. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1552 Fantasy	4 QH
Studies the theory and practice of fantasy as found in the works of such writers as Swift, Carroll, C.S. Lewis, Orwell, and Tolkien. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1557 Topics in Fantasy	4 QH
Explores such areas as dreams, nightmares, and borderline states of consciousness in the works of such writers as Poe and Kafka. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1558, ENG 1559 Literature in Context	4 QH each
Attempts to place the writer in the context of a special theme. For example, students might discuss a group of authors influenced by their common interest in psychoanalysis, by their social consciousness, or by an interest in the settlement of America. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1600, ENG 1601 Topics in Literature	4 QH each
Experiments with subjects and themes such as the censored novel, the Holocaust, alienation, and popular song lyrics. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1602, ENG 1607 Major Figure	4 QH each
Examines in detail the work of one writer such as Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, or Eugene O'Neill. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1608 The City in Literature	4 QH
Examines the city in literature as it has been depicted from ancient times to the present, from Plato to Barthelme. Discusses such themes as the city as a locus of evil, the city as a place of possibility, and the city as a center of art and an influence on creative form in an interdisciplinary fashion. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1609 Contemporary American Literature	4 QH
Studies major movements in American poetry and fiction since 1945. Considers such poets as Plath, Ginsberg, and Ashbery, and such novelists as Morrison, Pynchon, and Vonnegut. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1610 Early American Literature	4 QH
Examines American literature of the colonial and federal periods, including Bradford, Taylor, Edwards, Franklin, Wheatley, Irving, and Bryant. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1611 New England Renaissance	4 QH
Studies the development of a native tradition in the context of democratic and romantic attitudes toward experience. Includes such writers as Emerson and Thoreau, Hawthorne, Fuller, and Melville. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1612 American Realism	4 QH
Examines the realistic tradition in American literature, including local color and native humor, from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century. Includes such writers as Twain, James, Harding, Davis, Howells, Crane, and Norris. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1617 Modern American Literature	4 QH
Studies major developments in American poetry and fiction from 1900 to 1945. Considers such poets as Frost, Eliot, Stevens, and Moore, and such novelists as Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Porter. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1618 Children's Literature	4 QH
Studies the history of children's literature in the English language, with special attention to matters such as genre theory and critical approaches. Includes such works as Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Remus, Little Women, and The Wizard of Oz. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1619 Topics in Children's Literature	4 QH
Focuses closely on a specific collection of stories (such as Grimm's Fairy Tales), on a specific genre (such as boys' books), on a specific issue (such as the problem of evil), or on children's literature as a form of group socialization. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1621 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction	4 QH
Studies theme and form in the major English novels of the nineteenth century, considering such authors as the Brontės, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1622 Major Twentieth-Century British Novelists	4 QH
Introduces students to British fiction from Joseph Conrad to John Fowles, including such writers as D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and others less well known. The aim of the course is to show how novels as artistic creations shape their own worlds while helping us to understand ourselves. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1627 Medieval English Literature	4 QH
Surveys the major works of medieval English literature. Includes works such as Sir Gawain, Piers Plowman, and Pearl. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1628 Chaucer	4 QH
Surveys the work of Chaucer, with particular emphasis on the Canterbury Tales. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1629 Topics in Chaucer	4 QH
Examines closely a particular work or group of works (such as Troilus and Criseyde) or a theme (such as Chaucer's symbolism). Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1630 Milton	4 QH
Concentrates on Milton's Paradise Lost, with supplementary readings in his minor poetry and prose. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1631 Topics in Medieval Literature	4 QH
Focuses on a genre (such as romance or debate literature), a theme (such as alchemy or King Arthur), or other narrow topics. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1632 Sixteenth-Century English Literature	4 QH
Concentrates on sonnets, love lyrics, and erotic narrative poetry, principally by Wyatt, Sidney, Marlowe, Spenser, and Shakespeare. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1637 Seventeenth-Century English Literature	4 QH
Examines major writers of the period, such as Bacon and Jonson, Donne and Herbert, Milton and Dryden. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1639 Eighteenth-Century English Literature	4 QH
Surveys the Augustan age of comic masterpieces. Includes such major writers as Pope, Addison, Steele, Swift, Goldsmith, Burns, Johnson, and Boswell. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1640 Topics in Eighteenth-Century English Literature	4 QH
Examines closely a single writer or group of writers (such as Fielding or the essayists), a genre (such as satire), a theme (such as reason and madness), or other narrow topics. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1641 Romantic Poetry	4 QH
Surveys the development of English Romantic poetry, both in its lyric and longer forms, in Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Emphasizes problems of belief and the relationship of the individual to the surrounding world of natural, social, and historical process. (Core Category V) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1647 Victorian Literature	4 QH
Surveys the major issues and writers of Victorian England, considering such writers as Tennyson and Browning, Dickens and the Brontės, G.M. Hopkins, and Oscar Wilde. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1648 Topics in Victorian Literature	4 QH
Examines closely a single writer or group of writers (such as Arnold or the fantasists) or a theme (such as the movement toward modernism or decadence). Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1649 World Literature 1	4 QH
Surveys world literature from the time of the Greeks through the Renaissance, from Homer to Cervantes. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1650 World Literature 2	4 QH
Surveys world literature from the Renaissance through the modern period, from Voltaire to Brecht. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1652 Twentieth-Century English Literature	4 QH
Surveys the best and most interesting work of twentieth-century British writers such as William Butler Yeats, D.H. Lawrence, W.H. Auden, Doris Lessing, and Iris Murdoch. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1658 Introduction to Shakespeare	4 QH
Covers a selection of the major plays of Shakespeare, including both tragedies and comedies. (Core Category III) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1659 Shakespeare's Comedies	4 QH
Studies the romantic comedies, problem comedies, and romances, ranging from The Merchant of Venice to The Tempest. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1660 Shakespeare's Tragedies	4 QH
Studies the nature of the tragic hero, the questioning of social norms, and the landscape of chaos, ranging from Julius Caesar to Coriolanus. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1661 Topics in Shakespeare	4 QH
Examines closely such topics as the history plays, Shakespeare in performance, the Shakespearean hero, and psychological approaches to Shakespeare. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1662 The Bible	4 QH
Studies books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament as literature and as history. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1667 Modern Poetry	4 QH
Studies the modernist tradition in American and British poetry. Considers such writers as Yeats, Hardy, Frost, Eliot, Stevens, Pound, Williams, and cummings. (Core Category III) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1677 Contemporary Poetry	4 QH
Studies developments in British and American poetry since 1945. Includes such writers as Plath, Ginsberg, Lowell, Bly, Ashbery, and Heaney. (Core Category VI) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1678/AFR 1121 Early African-American Literature	4 QH
Surveys the development and range of black American writers, emphasizing poetry and prose from early colonial times to the Civil War. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1679 Modern African-American Literature	4 QH
Surveys the development and range of black American writers, emphasizing poetry and prose from the post­Civil War period to the present. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1680 Multiethnic Literature of the United States	4 QH
Explores contemporary literature by and about writers from distinctive American ethnic groups (e.g., Native, Asian, African, Latina/o, Jewish, Italian, Arab). Features a variety of works that reflect an evolving recognition of the artistically and culturally diverse nature of American literature. (Core Category VI) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent.
ENG 1690, ENG 1691 Junior/Senior Seminar	4 QH each
Explores an important aspect of literature such as the writer and the audience, the tradition of the new feminism and the novel, or the canon and its revisions. Emphasizes independent research in a seminar setting. (First preference given to students needing the course to complete the major.) Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent and junior/senior status.
ENG 1692/LIN 1692, ENG 1693/LIN 1693 Junior/Senior Seminar in Linguistics	4 QH each
Explores important topics in language and linguistics, such as style and meaning or language and gender. Emphasizes independent research in a seminar setting. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent and junior/senior status.
ENG 1694 Topics in Experiential Education	4 QH
Explores such topics as writing about place, writing about people, or reviewing and writing about culture. Combines class meetings, reading assignments, and individual meetings with the instructor, with learning experiences outside the classroom. Fulfills the college's experiential education requirement for English majors. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent and junior standing in the English major.
ENG 1695 Internship Practicum	4 QH
Offers students internships in such areas as publishing, education, or business and technical writing under the direction of a faculty member. Students are required to produce both a portfolio of professional work and a final paper reflecting on their internship experience. Fulfills the college's experiential education requirement for English majors. Prereq. ENG 1110 and ENG 1111 or equivalent and junior standing in the English major.
ENG 1710 College Writing 1 (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1110.
ENG 1711 College Writing 2 (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1111.
ENG 1721 Survey of English Literature 2 (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1121.
ENG 1723 Survey of American Literature 1 (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1123.
ENG 1725 Technical Writing (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1125.
ENG 1750 Intermediate Writing (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1350.
ENG 1758 Introduction to Shakespeare (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1658.
ENG 1781 Writing for Business (Honors)	4 QH
Honors equivalent of ENG 1381.
ENG 1808 Directed Study	1 QH
ENG 1810, ENG 1811 Directed Study	4 QH each
ENG 1888, 1889 Experiential Education Directed Study	4 QH each
Draws upon the student's approved experiential activity and integrates it with study in the academic major. Restricted to those students who are using it to fulfill their experiential education requirement.

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