ENG-299 |
Selected Topics in English |
In this course students have the opportunity to explore genres, concepts or authors selected by the instructor. |
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Course may be repeated for credit if the topic changes. |
3.00 |
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ENG-301 |
World Masterpieces I |
Beginning with the ancient epics of eastern and western cultures and ending with the Renaissance, this course |
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focuses on major writers of world literature |
3.00 |
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ENG-302 |
World Masterpieces II |
Masterpieces from the Early Modern era through contermporary literature are examined |
3.00 |
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ENG-305 |
Persuasive Business Presentations |
Verbal skills essential to effective business presentations, including negotiation, debating, extemporaneous speaking, and interviewing provides the focus of this course. Oral reporting, management briefing, conference and committee leadership, and active listening are addressed as tools to minimize or eliminate barriers to understanding. |
3.00 |
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ENG-306 |
Literary Monster |
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In Literary Monsters, we will explore the monster in literature as both a symbol and a functioning character in a story. We will read Beowulf( 9th century), Marie de France ' s werewolf story, " Bisclavret "( 12th century), Mary Shelley ' s Frankenstein( 1818), Robert Louis Stevenson ' s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde( 1886), and excerpts from Bram Stoker ' s Dracula( 1897), as well as more recent works, such as J. K. Rowling ' s Harry Potter series. Literary Monsters includes as well a study of relevant films inspired by the novels. |
3.00 |
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ENG-310 |
Literary Criticism |
This course examines the aesthetics of literature from Plato to contemporary theory |
3.00 |
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ENG-315 |
Essay Writing |
An advanced study of expository writing processes, this course stresses techniques of research, logic, and organization of writing. |
3.00 |
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ENG-320 |
Cinema and Cinematography |
This course focuses on the history of films and analysis of film scripts with emphasis on class discussion of major directors including Carol Reed, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and Orson Welles. |
3.00 |
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ENG-330 |
Myth and Fantasy |
This course studies ancient and modern mythology through its embodiment in literature and in themes common to all cultures. |
3.00 |
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ENG-400 |
Tutorial in Acting |
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Students participate in the university production as actors or actresses and research the various styles and theories of acting: Classical, Elizabethan, Restoration, Stanislavskian, Brechtian. Research paper required. |
3.00 |
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ENG-4000 |
English Seminar- Capstone |
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This course is an advanced study of expository writing, an integration of literary study, critical theory, and. techniques of literary research. This course combines discussion and independent work, having as its goal the completion of a paper( 20-25 pages) representative of the undergraduate major ' s research interests. The course objective is for each student to achieve a culmination of proficiency in the techniques of research, logic, and organization in scholarly writing. Students are encouraged to apply skills learned and practiced in all previous literature and writing courses. To that end, literary research is fundamental to the successful completion of this course. Prerequisite: All completed semesters of English major coursework except one to graduate. All work must be original and written by the student registered for the course. |
3.00 |
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ENG-401 |
Chaucer and His Contemporaries |
Reading and discussion of Chaucer ' s major works is supplemented with those of his contemporaries including Langland, the Pearl poet and others. |
3.00 |
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ENG-405 |
Tutorial in Directing |
Introduced to the techniques of directing for the proscenium and arena stages, students learn to cast, block and direct a play. |
3.00 |
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ENG-413 |
Poets of Britain and America |
Poets of Britain and America are examined with emphasis on the moderns and post-moderns. |
3.00 |
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ENG-416 |
Shakespearean Tragedy |
This course studies the major tragedies as performance art, including Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. |
3.00 |
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ENG-417 |
Shakespearean Comedy |
This course focuses on the major comedies as performance art, including As You Like It, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night ' s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, and Much Ado About Nothing. |
3.00 |
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ENG-422 |
Romantic / Victorian Literature |
Students engage in in-depth study of the literature of the Romantic and Victorian Age |
3.00 |
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