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Undergraduate Catalog | 2018-2019 
    
Undergraduate Catalog | 2018-2019 Previous Edition

Course Descriptions


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English

  
  • ENGL 3100 - Approaches to Literature


    Introductory study and application of major critical approaches to literature, such as historical, psychological, mythological, and formalistic.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017


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  • ENGL 3102 - Literature for Young Children


    Critical study of literature for children under the age of eight, covering such topics as picture books, nursery rhymes, and books for beginning readers.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 3103 - Children’s Literature


    Critical study of various genres of children’s literature, such as realistic fiction, fantasy, and picture books.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015


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  • ENGL 3104 - Literature for Adolescents


    Critical study of literature intended for adolescent and preadolescent readers, as well as texts that deal with coming-of-age themes.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 3132 - Introduction to Contemporary American English


    Introduction to the study of word formation, the sound system, and the structure of contemporary American English, including characteristics and applications of traditional grammar.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2015


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  • ENGL 3157 - Twentieth Century Black American Literature: Prose


    Intensive study of selected black American 20th century writers of fiction and nonfiction, beginning with the Harlem Renaissance.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3158 - Gender and African American Literature


    Exploration of the intersection of gender and African American literature, focusing on either Black women writers or Black male writers, or a combination in dialogue.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): AFRS 3158 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3159 - African American Poetry


    Intensive study of African American poetry, focusing on one period or traversing several.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): AFRS 3159 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3162 - Language and the Virtual World


    Explores the various ways in which language is used in cyberspace, and how those practices are re-shaping our daily lives and our cultural expectations.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 3180 - Language and Digital Technology


    Rhetorical, psychological, and anthropological theories that underscore the interrelations of written, graphic, and digital communication within technical, rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): First Summer 2016, Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 3201 - Intermediate Poetry Writing Workshop


    Workshop combines the reading and discussion of published poetry with the writing of original creative works.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2125 , ENGL 2126 , ENGL 2127 , ENGL 2128 , ENGL 2200 , ENGL 2201  or ENGL 2202 , or permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3202 - Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop


    Workshop combines the reading and discussion of published fiction with the writing of original creative works.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2125 , ENGL 2126 , ENGL 2127 , ENGL 2128 , ENGL 2200 , ENGL 2201  or ENGL 2202 , or permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3211 - Medieval Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the Medieval era.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3212 - British Renaissance Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 16th and/or 17th centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3213 - British Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the Restoration and/or 18th century.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3214 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832


    Literature from the Romantic period, with emphasis on the works of specific writers, which may include works by men and women writers such as Wordsworth, Blake, Coleridge, Wollstonecraft, Austen, and Smith.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3215 - British Victorian Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the Victorian era.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3216 - British Literature in Transition, 1870-1914


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the period 1870-1914.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Fall 2015


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  • ENGL 3217 - Modern British Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3231 - Early African American Literature


    Exploration of the major periods, texts, and issues in African American literature from its origins to the Harlem Renaissance.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2016, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3232 - Early American Literature


    Origins of American literature, from Colonial times to Washington Irving, including such authors as Edwards, Taylor, Franklin, Crevecoeur, Freneau, and Brown.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3233 - American Literature of the Romantic Period


    Important writers and ideas of the period of American romanticism, from Irving through Whitman, including such authors as Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 3234 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods


    Important writers and ideas of American literature, from Whitman through the period of World War I, including such authors as Dickinson, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser, and Frost.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3235 - Modern American Literature


    Representative American literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3236 - African American Literature, Harlem Renaissance to Present


    Exploration of the major periods, texts, and issues in African American literature from the Harlem Renaissance to the present.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3237 - Modern and Recent U.S. Multiethnic Literature


    Representative U.S. multiethnic texts (poetry and/or prose) exemplifying the literary and cultural developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3267 - Vocabulary, Etymology, and Grammar


    Theoretical and practical exploration of vocabulary, etymology, and grammar for applications in teaching, writing, and editing in professional and technical arenas.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 3852 - Independent Study


    Individual investigations and appropriate exposition of the results. (Unless special permission is granted by the department chair, no more than six hours of ENGL 3852  may apply toward the English major.)

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4002 - Women and Literature


    Selected topics focusing on women and literature, such as images of women, women as writers, and women as literary critics. 

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic and permission of department (however, only six hours may be used for the requirements for the English major).
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4008 - Topics in Advanced Technical Communication


    Exploration, both theoretically and practically, of the interrelation of written, oral, graphic, and digital communication within technical rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2116  and COMM 1101 .
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Second Summer 2016, Fall 2015


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  • ENGL 4050 - Topics in English


    Special topics not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017


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  • ENGL 4051 - Topics in English - Writing Intensive


    Special topics not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2015


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  • ENGL 4052 - Topics in English - Oral Communication


    Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4053 - Topics in English - Writing Intensive & Oral Communication


    Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O,W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O), Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4061 - Approaches to Discourse


    Provides tools to understand and analyze discourse and pragmatics in order to analyze genres belonging to various discourse systems such as theater plays, classroom interaction, religious ritual, courtroom interaction, therapy sessions, and service encounters.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4072 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Selected topics in literature and/or film.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5072
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture


    Study of children’s literature as it relates to other media for young people, including film, television, digital narratives, games, and/or comics. 

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5074
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Second Summer 2018, Spring 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018


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  • ENGL 4090 - Major Authors


    The works, ideas, and life of one to three significant authors.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated one time using different author(s) and permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4102 - British Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works in British and British Colonial Children’s literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Spring 2017


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  • ENGL 4103 - American Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works in American Children’s literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 4104 - Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works that represent one or more kinds of cultural, ethnic, or social diversity of the United States and other national literatures.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4111 - Ancient World Literature


    Readings of ancient world literature, in English translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017, Second Summer 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4112 - Modern World Literature


    Readings in modern world literature, in English and in English translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, First Summer 2016


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  • ENGL 4114 - Milton


    A study of the major poems and selections from the minor works of Milton.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4116 - Shakespeare’s Early Plays


    A study of 10 representative plays from the comedies, histories, and tragedies written 1590-1600.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2016, First Summer 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 4117 - Shakespeare’s Late Plays


    A study of 10 representative plays from the period 1600-1611, including the late tragedies and tragi-comedies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4118 - British Renaissance Literature


    Readings of prose, poetry, and/or drama from the Renaissance period in England (16th and 17th centuries), which may include works by men and women writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, Lanyer, Wroth, and others.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4120 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832


    Literature from the Romantic period, with emphasis on the works of specific writers, which may include works by men and women writers such as Wordsworth, Blake, Coleridge, Wollstonecraft, Austen, and Smith.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4121 - British Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century


    Representative poetry, prose, and/or drama from this period in British literary history, which may include works by men and women writers such as Pope, Dryden, Sheridan, Behn, Centlivre, and others.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4122 - British Victorian Literature


    Readings in British literature during the Victorian period in England. Texts studied may include selections from poetry, prose, and/or drama and men and women writers such as Dickens, Browning, Tennyson, Bronte, Eliot, and Wilde.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4123 - Modern British Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th century.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4132 - British Drama to 1642, Excluding Shakespeare


    A survey of late-medieval and Renaissance drama in England.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4139 - Early American Literature


    Origins of American literature, from Colonial times to Washington Irving, including such authors as Edwards, Taylor, Franklin, Crevecoeur, Freneau, Brown.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4140 - American Literature of the Romantic Period


    Important writers and ideas of the period of American romanticism, from Irving through Whitman, including such authors as Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4141 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods


    Important writers and ideas of American literature, from Whitman through the period of World War I, including such authors as Dickinson, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser, Frost.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4142 - Modern American Literature


    Important writers and ideas of modern American literature, including such authors as Faulkner, Eliot, Hemingway, Cummings.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4145 - Literature of the American South


    Selected works of Southern writers that reflect literary and cultural concerns from Colonial times to the present, including such authors as Poe, the early humorists, local color writers, Chopin, Faulkner, Warren, O’Connor, Welty.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 4150 - Poetry


    Poetry written in English, focusing on a particular period, nationality, or topic.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4151 - Drama


    Drama written in English, focusing on a particular period, nationality, or topic.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4153 - Fiction


    Fiction written in English, focusing on a particular period, nationality, or topic.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4155 - Pan-African Literature


    Introduction to significant Pan-African literature, emphasizing the oral tradition, selected works of major authors in the Caribbean and Africa, and the relationships of these traditions to American, British and other literary traditions. Works not originally written in English will be studied in translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4160 - Origins of Language


    Study of linguistic theories of how and when human language developed, with attention to parallel work in anthropology, archeology, and psychology.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 4161 - Modern English Grammar


    A study of the structure of contemporary English, with an emphasis on descriptive approaches.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4165 - Multiculturalism and Language


    Readings in and discussion and application of the interrelationships between language and culture, including basic introduction to contemporary American dialects and to social contexts of language.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4167 - The Mind and Language


    Introduction to the study of the mind from a linguistic perspective. Topics include: language growth and loss, language deficits, modularity and hierarchical processing, the interaction of cognitive and linguistic faculties, parsing/processing strategies and limitations, and applications such as therapy, forensics, computing, teaching.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4168 - Multimodality and Text Description


    Explores how different modes of communication interact and are integrated in adapted, new or emergent digital discourses and genres. Multimodal analysis includes the analysis of communication in all its forms, but is particularly concerned with texts in which two or more semiotic resources-or ‘modes’ of communication-are integrated and combined. Such resources include aspects of speech such as intonation and other vocal characteristics, gesture (face, hand, and body) and proxemics, as well as products of human technology such as carving, painting, writing, architecture, image, sound recording, and interactive computing resources.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4180 - Theories of Technical Communication


    Rhetorical, psychological, and anthropological theories that underscore the interrelations of written, graphic, and digital communication within technical and rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2116 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4181 - Writing and Designing User Documents


    Researching and analyzing audiences to write publishable instructions. Includes the production, testing, and revision of tutorials, reference manuals, on-line documents, and digital media for users of computers and other technologies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015


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  • ENGL 4182 - Information Design and Digital Publishing


    Theoretical and practical exploration of visual communication. By rhetorically integrating text and graphics, students write and publish documents and online content for digital environments.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2116 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, First Summer 2018, Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 4183 - Editing with Digital Technologies


    Substantive editing, copyediting, project management, and editing in hardcopy documents and web and digital environments.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2116  
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017


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  • ENGL 4200 - Teaching of Writing


    Introduction to various theories that inform practices in the teaching of writing and methods of teaching writing to middle and secondary learners.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5200
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2017


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  • ENGL 4201 - Teaching of Multiethnic Literature


    An overview of the issues, opportunities, and challenges of teaching multiethnic literature in middle and secondary school settings.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5201
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 4202 - Writing Poetry


    Further study of and practice in the writing of poetry within a workshop format.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2125 , ENGL 2126 , ENGL 2127 , ENGL 2200 , ENGL 2201 , ENGL 2202 , or permission of instructor.
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 4203 - Writing Fiction


    Further study of and practice in the writing of fiction within a workshop format.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2125 , ENGL 2126 , ENGL 2128 , ENGL 2200 , ENGL 2201 , ENGL 2202 , or permission of instructor.
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5203
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 4204 - Expository Writing


    Writing of essays, criticism, and various forms of exposition.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4206 - Writing Creative Nonfiction


    Combines the reading and discussion of published creative nonfiction with the writing of original creative works.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Prerequisite(s): English major or minor; and ENGL 2125 , ENGL 2126 , ENGL 2127 , ENGL 2128 , ENGL 2200 , ENGL 2201  or ENGL 2202 , or permission of instructor.
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4208 - Poetry Writing Workshop


    Designed for advanced writers of poetry. Focuses primarily on student work and peer criticism of it.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2125 , ENGL 2126 , ENGL 2127 , ENGL 2200 , ENGL 2201 , ENGL 2202 , or permission of instructor.
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4209 - Fiction Writing Workshop


    Designed for advanced writers of fiction. Focuses primarily on student work and peer criticism of it.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2125 , ENGL 2126 , ENGL 2128 , ENGL 2200 , ENGL 2201 , ENGL 2202 , or permission of instructor.
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4211 - Chaucer and Medieval Literature


    Readings that focus on the works of Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales, and other works from the medieval period in England, which may include Troilus and Crisedye and various dramatic texts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4235 - History of the Book


    Explorations of the development, technologies, cultures, and impact of the book and print media.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4254 - Teaching English/Communication Skills to Middle and Secondary School Learners


    Approaches to the teaching of English, including recent theories and research related to writing and literary study, with special attention to technology. Designed primarily for teaching in grades 6-12.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Restriction(s): Senior English major with a secondary education minor; senior middle grades major, or permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 4260 - History of Global Englishes


    Origins and development of the English language, both spoken and written, from its earliest forms to contemporary usage.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4262 - Language and Diversity


    Examination of contemporary American varieties of English by region, gender, ethnic identity, socioeconomic status, age, social networks, and other cultural groupings.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4263 - Linguistics and Language Learning


    Readings in, discussions of, and application of linguistically oriented theories of language acquisition, directed toward gaining an understanding of language-learning processes and stages.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4267 - Identity, Social Interaction, and Community in Digital Spaces


    Explores how humans make cyberspace into social space through language practices in online communities. Considers as well how technology use shapes and is shaped in social interaction and how identities, relationships, discourses, and communities develop through digitally-mediated language use.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 4270 - Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy


    Studies of writing, rhetoric, and literacy with an emphasis on historical and cultural contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5270
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 4271 - Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and New Media


    Studies of writing, rhetoric, and new media and digital technologies with an emphasis on historical and cultural contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4272 - Studies in the Politics of Language and Writing


    Explores language and writing as sites of political contestation in local, national, and global contexts. Examines theoretical debates and effects of politics and history on language and learning.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2015


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  • ENGL 4273 - Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Identity


    Explores how identities are performed in textual and digital media.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4274 - Visual Rhetoric


    Theory and practice of crafting rhetorical arguments in print and electronic media that depend upon visual exhibits, such as drawings, photographs, tables, graphs, icons, and videos.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 4275 - Rhetoric and Technology


    Research and theories of the rhetorical construction of technology in history and culture.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4277 - Digital Literacies


    Exploration of the intersections between evolving digital literacies and traditional school-based literacies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4290 - Advanced Creative Project


    Focuses on the planning of a book-length work of creative writing through independent study and scholarly engagement in related areas of contemporary literature and writing, leading to the development of book proposals, abstracts, discussions of creative works, and oral presentations by students and authors.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O)
    Restriction(s): English major or minor.
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 4202 , ENGL 4203 , ENGL 4208 , ENGL 4209 , or permission of instructor.
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4400 - Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing


    Through supervised tutorial experience and seminars, this course introduces the student to current developments concerning composition and to a variety of methods for teaching English composition. Highly recommended for those planning to teach or those currently engaged in teaching.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3) (W)
    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor.
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4405 - Literacy and Language


    Exploration of how language and literacy can be effectively taught to adolescents. Topics include: composing strategies and the effects of new media on literacy practices.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4410 - Professional Internship


    Students work 8-10 hours (3 hours credit) or 16-20 hours (6 hours credit) per week in a placement arranged by the Internship Coordinator.; only three credit hours may be applied to the English major; three additional hours may be counted as a University elective.

    Credit Hours: (3 or 6)
    Restriction(s): Permission of English Internship Coordinator; Junior or Senior status; English major or minor, or Minor in Technical/Professional Writing; 2.5 GPA or above; and taken a course in professional communication (e.g., journalism, technical communication, public relations, public relations lab, or mass media).
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4750 - English Honors Seminar


    In-depth study of a selected topic in English Studies.  Topics and course content vary according to the interests and expertise of the faculty.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Restriction(s): Admission into English Honors Program or permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 4751 - English Honors Thesis Seminar


    In-depth study of a selected topic in English Studies.  Topics and course content vary according to the interests and expertise of the faculty.  During the course of the semester, students produce a thesis proposal and capstone thesis project.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Restriction(s): Admission into English Honors Program and permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 4752 - English Honors Thesis


    Honors proposal and capstone project completed as part of either ENGL 4750  or an ENGL 4000-5000 level course.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Restriction(s): Admission into English Honors Program and permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 4852 - Independent Study


    Individual investigations and appropriate exposition of the results. (Unless special permission is granted by the department chair, no more than six hours may apply toward the English major.)

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Permission of department.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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