2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

English

Department of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Credit designation below title is expressed in (c) class hours per week, (l) lab or (d) discussion section hours per week, and (sh) semester hours of credit per semester.

ENGL 101 College Writing
3c-var-4sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, where required by placement testing
Normally to be taken the first semester at IUP. Courses use readings in the nature and history of language, semantic and linguistic analysis, and problems in rhetoric and other approaches to composition. Seven theme-length expository papers (or the equivalent) are written, in addition to shorter exercises and a written final examination.

ENGL 121 Humanities Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Introduces students to literature of various genres through a careful analysis of poetry, fiction, and drama. Includes literature of various time periods, nationalities, and minorities.

ENGL 122 Introduction to Literary Analysis
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Acquaints students with the literary genres (especially fiction, poetry, and drama) by means of examples of each and provides them with some of the various critical approaches to the interpretation of literature so that they may gain the ability to apply them. At the conclusion of the course, students are expected to be able to read literature perceptively and to write critical papers about it. (Offered as EN210 prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 150 English for Foreign Students
3c-0l-3sh
Provides international students with an opportunity to improve their ability to speak and write English before they take ENGL 100 and ENGL 101. The emphasis is on individualized exercises and assignments. This course carries graduation credit but does not meet Liberal Studies English requirements.

ENGL 202 Research Writing
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, sophomore standing
Teaches students to read, analyze, and evaluate nonfiction sources and to present the results of their analysis in clear, organized, carefully documented research papers. The focus of reading and research in each section will be determined by the instructor.

ENGL 208 The Art of the Film
3c-0l-3sh
Concentrates on the film as an artistic medium. Eight to twelve motion pictures are shown during semester and are analyzed in class discussions.

ENGL 210 British Literature to 1660
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
Surveys British literature from its beginnings to about 1660, acquainting students with the experience of reading many of the primary materials (whole works whenever possible or full, free-standing parts) and provides them with background information concerning the development and flowering of the various genres, the dominant ideas of each period, and the social and cultural context of the separate works. (Offered as EN211 prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 211 British Literature 1660-1900
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
Surveys British literature from about 1660 to the beginning of the twentieth century, acquainting students with the experience of reading many of the primary materials (whole works whenever possible or full, free-standing parts) and providing them with background information concerning the development and flowering of the various genres, the dominant ideas of each period, and the social and cultural context of the separate work. (Offered as EN212: English Literature prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 212 American Literature: Beginnings to 1900
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
Provides an understanding of American literature from its beginning to about 1900. The course will concentrate primarily upon a relatively small number of major works, each of which will help to illustrate the “spirit of the age” it represents. (Offered as EN213: American Literature: Beginnings to the Present prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 213 British and American Literature Since 1900
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
A survey of major authors and works in British and American literature since 1900. Begins with the shift from Victorianism and late nineteenth-century literature into modernism, as exemplified by writers such as Woolf, Hemingway, and O’Neill, and continues with postmodernism and contemporary literature.

ENGL 214 The Novel
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
Surveys the development of the novel from Cervantes’ Don Quixote to the present with emphasis on major writers and forms in English. Includes consideration of teaching the novel.

ENGL 215 Poetry
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
A study in appreciation of poetry, with special attention to the technique of the poet and structure of poetry. Includes consideration of teaching poetry.

ENGL 216 Short Fiction
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
A study of the development of the short story from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present with attention to form, structure, and types of the story. Includes consideration of teaching short fiction.

ENGL 217 Drama
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission
The study of selected plays from various periods in an attempt to understand the function of drama. Includes consideration of teaching drama.

ENGL 220 Advanced Composition I
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Primarily seeks to improve writing style, particularly in the more utilitarian forms, such as magazine article and personal essay.

ENGL 221 Creative Writing
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
A seminar course in which students are expected to produce a substantial body of written work in one or more of the creative genres, the particular kind of writing chosen with regard to the special interests and abilities of each student.

ENGL 225 Introduction to Literature by Women
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 122 and ENGL 202
Major trends and motifs across genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, autobiography) which reflect themes and subjects of continuing interest to women writers. The intersection of genre with race, ethnicity, and social class will be of particular significance. (Offered as EN384 prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 281 Special Topics
var-1-3sh
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Special topics are offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics that are not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.

ENGL 301 British Medieval Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines particular literary traditions in England from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, excluding Chaucer. The purpose will be to acquaint students with the diversity of materials, ranging from prose to verse, oral to written, and serious to comic. Most texts will be taught in the original Middle English, accompanied by side glosses. Translations will be used where appropriate. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 302 Renaissance Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines major works and genres in Elizabethan literature such as pastoral and tragedy and key fiction writers, dramatists, and poets during 1558-1603. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on a specific literary period and on the writers of this period as selected by the instructor. (Offered as EN361: The Renaissance prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 303 British Enlightenment Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
British Enlightenment Literature refers to the imitation of the Greek and Roman authors of antiquity. Begins with the assumptions and goals of neoclassical literature and integrates the intellectual debates and contemporary politics (patriarchy, nascent capitalism, empire, slavery, class divisions) that flourished alongside of (and that shaped the emergence of) new genres (the slave narrative, the novel, gothic tales, the periodical essay). Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 304 British Romantic Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Emphasizes the relationship between literature and its milieu. Focuses primarily on English Romantic Poets but considers development in Germany, France, and America and examines its continuing manifestations in literature, culture, and politics. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on a specific literary period and on the writers of this period as selected by the instructor. (Offered as EN360: Romanticism prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 305 British Victorian Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines literary works against a background of rapidly changing social, economic, religious, and political forces. Counterculture movements, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, will be examined against “high Victorianism” to develop a sense of the tremendous intellectual and political energy of the period. Roots of recent concerns such as feminism, political literalism, and capitalism will be explored to help us better understand our own as well as the Victorian age. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 306 Modern British Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines major works and trends in modern British literature, such as modernism or key fiction writers, dramatists, or poets during the first half of the twentieth century. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 307 Contemporary British Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines major works and trends in contemporary British literature, such as late modernism, postmodernism, the age of diminishment, or key novelists, dramatists, and/or poets from the period 1945 to the present. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 310 Public Speaking
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Fundamental principles of public speaking, audience analysis, interest and attention, and selection and organization of speech material.

ENGL 311 Oral Interpretation
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Emphasizes understanding and appreciation of literature through developing skill in reading aloud.

ENGL 312 Speech--Persuasion
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 310
Advanced study of problems involved in influencing an audience.

ENGL 313 The Rhetorical Tradition
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 310
Survey of rhetorical theory from Greek and Roman through modern times.

ENGL 314 Speech and Communication in the Secondary English Classroom
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 122, 202
Offers students practical and theoretical approaches to relationships between oral and written communication. The course is performance based (involving a variety of communication activities) and knowledge based (involving study of research on language arts relationships). Emphasis is given to integration of the four language arts for improving teachers’ own communication skills as well as those of their students.

ENGL 315 American Literature to 1820
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
The beginnings of American literary cultures from sixteenth-century pre-Columbian indigenous contacts with European explorations, through diverse colonializations (Hispanic, French, and British) including the importation of African slaves, up to the American Revolution and emergent U.S. literary nationalism in the first decades of the nineteenth century. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 316 American Literature 1820-1880
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines major works and trends in U.S. literature, from the Federalist, Romantic, and/or Realistic periods. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 317 American Literature 1880-1940
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines representative U.S. writers during 1880-1940. Includes traditional figures as well as writers who have recently entered the canon. Rather than survey the period comprehensively, the purpose here is to focus closely on particular aspects or writers as selected by the instructor.

ENGL 318 Literature for Adolescents
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, or permission, English Education major
Surveys poetry, drama, and fiction with which the adolescent is familiar through school work and personal reading.

ENGL 319 American Literature 1940-present
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, and at least two courses from 210, 211, 212, 213
Additional prerequisites for B.A. English majors: 210, 211, 212, 213
Focuses on various movements, themes, genres, and authors writing in the United States since 1940. Not a survey course; each section will develop an extended treatment of a particular topic selected by the instructor. Emphasizes writing by living writers to develop an understanding of the diversity, formally and thematically, of current U.S. literary production across genders and ethnicities.

ENGL 320 Advanced Composition II
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 220
A workshop and tutorial atmosphere for students who intend to write or teach writing.

ENGL 322 Technical Writing I
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Focuses on helping the student to acquire and to apply communication skills essential to the technical and professional writer.

ENGL 323 Teaching Literature and Reading in the Secondary School
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 122, 202
Introduces students to the theory and research on teaching literature and reading in the secondary school. Reviews reader-response literary theory and classroom-based research on teaching literature. Also reviews socio-psycholinguistic reading theory and classroom-based research on teaching reading.

ENGL 324 Teaching and Evaluating Writing
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 122, 202, English Education major or permission
A study of modern approaches to the teaching of writing, including current theories on the composing process, as well as instruction in evaluating, including holistic scoring. Includes practice in writing.

ENGL 325 Creative Writing: Poetry
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 221, permission of instructor based on samples of student's work
A writing workshop for students who wish to focus intensively on the writing and revision of poetry and on developing an audience for one’s works.

ENGL 326 Creative Writing: Fiction
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 221, permission of instructor based on samples of student's work
A writing workshop for students who wish to write fiction under the guidance of an instructor. Focuses intensively on the writing and revision of prose fiction and on developing an audience for one’s works.

ENGL 329 The History of the English Language
1c-0l-1sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Studies historical development of the English language, as a basis for a better understanding of modern American English.

ENGL 330 The Structure of English
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
An introduction to the fundamentals of language study with equal emphasis on the sound, word, sentence, meaning, and discourse patterns of English. Educationally relevant topics, such as applications of linguistics to the teaching of English language and literature, varieties of grammar, and linguistic descriptions of styles and registers are an integral part of the course. Course is a prerequisite for EDUC 452: Teaching of English in the Secondary School.

ENGL 332 Advanced Film
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 208
Offers a close examination of classic and contemporary films and film theory from a variety of critical perspectives: spectatorship, cinematic authorship, feminism, historiography, genre, and cultural studies. Pays special attention to the treatment of women and African-Americans in film.

ENGL 333 Psycholinguistics
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Concerns the interrelation between language system and behavior and various factors of human psychology. Surveys developments since the 1940s, including relationships between language and perception, biology, memory, meaning, and cognition, as well as oral and written behavior. Students of language and literature may improve their assumptions about how human beings use language.

ENGL 334 ESL Methods and Materials
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor An introduction to English as a Second Language theory and practice. Aims: (1) general understanding of current theory and methods of teaching ESL; (2) ability to select appropriate, and adapt existing, materials for elementary and high school ESL students. Recommended for all English teachers who expect to have ESL students in their classes.

ENGL 335 The Essay
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Focuses on the creation and development of the essay in English, its form and content, from its beginnings to the present. Students will begin by studying Francis Bacon, the first English essayist, and follow the evolution of the form to the present day.

ENGL 336 Language, Gender, and Society
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, junior standing
Investigates the various ways that language and gender interact and intersect in society. Examines such questions as: Does society use language to favor one sex over the other? Why is language a crucial component in formulating constructs of masculinity and femininity? What stereotypes of gender-based language are promoted in our society? How can we analyze language to reveal disparate views and treatment of the sexes?

ENGL 337 Myth
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, and at least two courses from 210, 211, 212, 213
Additional prerequisites for B.A. English majors: 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines the nature and function of the mythic experience and explores the archetypal patterns of myths from various cultures. (Offered as EN370: Myth and Literature prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 338 Oral Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Acquaints students with the nature of oral composition, the habits of thought that orality fosters, and the particular mode of awareness the oral dimension of literature demands of an audience (and awakens in a reader). At the conclusion of the course students should have an understanding of the formulaic nature of such purely oral forms as the ballad and the epic and an awareness of the manner in which orality patterns thought differently from writing, and they should be able to detect oral features and patterns in works of literature from cultures not primarily oral but containing a high “oral residue.” (Offered as EN353: The Oral Dimension prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 344 Ethnic American Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, and at least two courses from 210, 211, 212, 213
Additional prerequisites for B.A. English majors: 210, 211, 212, 213
Concerned with ethnic U.S. experiences as expressed in poetry, fiction, drama, and autobiography. The topic will vary and be announced in advance. Examples include Asian-American, Hispanic, Irish-American, Jewish-American, and Native-American literatures.

ENGL 348 African-American Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 122 and 202
Primarily nineteenth- and twentieth-century African-American literature (poetry, fiction, nonfiction): includes works by Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, spirituals and folk poetry, Harriet B. Wilson, Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Audrey Lorde, and Toni Morrison. Emphasis will be on historical context and an Afrocentric approach.

ENGL 349 English Bible as Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 122 and 202
Considers literary aspects of the English Bible by relating earlier translations to the Authorized Version of 1611 and by tracing some of the major influences of the King James Bible upon writers and speakers of modern English. Offers a close reading of the major narrative and poetic portions of the Old Testament.

ENGL 354 Classical Literature in Translation
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 122, 202
Masterpieces studied range from those of ancient Greece to Middle Ages. English literature and American literature excluded. (Offered as EN345 prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 356 Film Theory
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 208
An introduction to major film theories, studied in relation to representative films. Details the complex relationship between film production and film theory: i.e., how theorists have attempted to explain what appears on the screen, its impact, and its relation to “reality,” and how filmmakers have responded to the works of theorists (with the two sometimes being the same). Goes far deeper into understanding film than ENGL 208, which focuses mainly on how film is constructed through aesthetic and institutional processes.

ENGL 357 Major Figures in Film
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 208
Studies major artists and their contributions to the development of film as an art form from its beginnings to the present. Close analyses of directors, cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, or actors–as individuals or as representatives of a movement in film. Topics will vary from semester to semester; thus, one semester may concentrate on a specific director such as Alfred Hitchcock; another semester might study women (as directors, actresses, and editors); and yet another semester might study a collective movement such as film noir.

ENGL 385 Advanced Women's Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202 and for non-majors ENGL 225
Considers issues of genre and canon revision and why particular genres may have particular appeal for women writers. While many of our readings will be by “literary women,” we will also consider works by women who were professionals in nonliterary disciplines.

ENGL 386 Regional Literature in English
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, and at least two courses from 210, 211, 212, 213
Additional prerequisites for B.A. English majors: 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines the contributions of a particular region to national literature. The focus of the course might be any of the following: Appalachian writers, local color writers, New England writers, Southern writers, writers of the American West, or Canadian writers.

ENGL 387 Irish Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
An introduction to Irish literature since 1800, with particular emphasis on the Literary Revival in the early twentieth century. Key authors include Yeats, Joyce, Synge, O’Casey, Edgeworth, Somerville and Ross, Gregory, Beckett, and Heaney. The development of Irish writing will be examined within the contexts of Irish history, language, culture, and politics.

ENGL 390 Literary Tour: Britain
3c-0l-3sh
ENGL 390 Literary Tour: Britain var-3sh Offered selected summers, for five weeks during the first or second summer session. Visits London, Stratford, and Cambridge or Oxford, as well as other places important in English literature.

ENGL 391 Selected Works from the Medieval Period
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL /FL121 or ENGL 122, ENGL 202
Comparative study of selected works of major importance per se and as representative of major themes of medieval European literature. Also listed as FNLG 391.

ENGL 393 Romanticism
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL /FL121 or ENGL 122, ENGL 202
Study of the principal authors and works of late eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century Europe and the unique national characteristics of the Romantic movement in lyric, drama, and prose. Also listed as FNLG 393.

ENGL 394 Nineteenth-Century European Novel in Translation
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL /FL121 or ENGL 122, ENGL 202
A survey of major nineteenth-century European novels in translation (excluding English), emphasizing the rise of realism and naturalism and the cultural, historical, social, and artistic relationships between the various national literatures. Also listed as FNLG 394.

ENGL 395 Selected Writers from Twentieth-Century Europe
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL /FL121 or ENGL 122, ENGL 202
Comparative study of selected works of major importance per se or as representatives of major trends in twentieth-century literature. Also listed as FNLG 395.

ENGL 396 The Literature of Emerging Nations
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL /FL121 or ENGL 122, ENGL 202
A comparative study of a selection of literature written in major European languages but originating in the nations of the developing world. Works will be mainly prose fiction (although essay, theater, and poetry may be included) and reflect a diversity of geographical, cultural, and prior colonial circumstances. Also listed as FNLG 396.

ENGL 401 Advanced Literary Theory and Criticism
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Acquaints students with major issues and problems in literary theory. Rather than survey the history of criticism and theory, this course focuses on modern and contemporary critical schools and methods. The purpose is to introduce students to a select group of influential theories and theorists and how such theories impact the way we read, study, and teach literature and cultural studies.

ENGL 420 Special Writing Applications
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 220
Offers students who are well into their disciplines “forums” for advanced reading and writing about the cultural, professional, and personal uses of textual knowledge. Students will read, analyze, and compose essays that build meaning around disciplinary knowledge, independent reading, and personal or preprofessional experience. They will be encouraged to make connections between disciplinary knowledge and emerging knowledge or experience.

ENGL 422 Technical Writing II
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: ENGL 322
An advanced workshop/tutorial that provides intensive instruction in technical writing. Technical Writing II builds on the basics of audience, readability, proposals and reports, letters, memos, and resumes which are covered in Technical Writing I. Describes the writer’s role in such areas as legal and ethical aspects of technical communication; planning, testing, reviewing, and evaluating documents; and proofreading and editing.

ENGL 430 Major British Author
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines major works of a single major author, including biographical, literary, and cultural contexts. Places the author within both intellectual/cultural history and literary developments. Major author studied in a particular semester to be announced in advance.

ENGL 432 Chaucer
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Studies Chaucer, his life, his language, the development of his literary style, and his art, with and through his major poetical works. (Offered as EN340 prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 434 Shakespeare
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, and at least two courses from 210, 211, 212, 213
Additional prerequisites for B.A. English majors: 210, 211, 212, 213
Studies Shakespeare’s development as a poetic dramatist against background of Elizabethan stage; examines audience, textual problems, language imagery, and philosophy. (Offered as EN341 prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 436 Major American Authors
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Studies in the literary output of a major American author or authors against the background of the social and literary milieus in which the works were created. Specific subject or subjects to be announced by the instructor. (Offered as EN343 prior to Spring, 1998)

ENGL 460 Topics in Film
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 208
Selected films dealing with a specific, advanced topic will be viewed and assessed to explore the different roles that film plays. Topic to be announced in advance

ENGL 461 Topics in British Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines major works of a particular topic in British literature by focusing on its cultural and literary contexts. Topic to be announced in advance.

ENGL 462 Topics in American Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 210, 211, 212, 213
Examines major works of a particular topic in American literature by focusing on its cultural and literary contexts. Topic to be announced in advance.

ENGL 480 Seminar: Studies in English and American Literature
var-3sh
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, 122, 202
Corequisites: ENGL 211, 212, 213, or permission
A seminar experience designed for advanced students. Students considering graduate work in English might well wish to enroll, but students with a variety of career goals—business, industry, law, government service—can take advantage of this opportunity to plan a schedule of independent study with the help of a faculty mentor.

ENGL 481 Special Topics
var-1-3sh
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Vary from semester to semester covering such diverse topics as autobiography, science fiction, folklore, the political novel, black theater, etc.

ENGL 482 Independent Study
var-1-6sh
Prerequisite: Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and provost's office
Students with interest in independent study of a topic not offered in the curriculum may propose a plan of study in conjunction with a faculty member. Approval is based on academic appropriateness and availability of resources.

EN 493 Internship
var-3-12sh
On-the-job training opportunities in related areas. Application and acceptance to internship program required.