English and Comparative Literature ENG 99 Basic Writing Skills This course develops accuracy and clarity in writing. Conferences with the instructor and tutorials with peers promote individual development. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 103 Freshman Rhetoric Prerequisite, ENG 99 or appropriate placement score. In this course on the theory and practice of writing effective essays, students master a variety of essay modes by completing a wide range of assignments. Students also learn to compose essays on a computer. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 104 Writing About Literature Prerequisite, ENG 103 . This course introduces students to three literary genres (fiction, drama, and poetry), and teaches techniques for analyzing and writing critical papers about literature. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 204 Creative Writing Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Instructors introduce students to the art of writing fiction, poetry, and drama. Students may publish their works in Calliope II, Chapman’s literary magazine. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 210 Panther Workshop Students join the staff of Chapman’s newspaper to write and edit stories. Training includes setting goals and responsibilities, making ethical and political decisions, and meeting deadlines. Graded on a pass/no pass basis; letter grade optional. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits. ENG 215 Theory and Practice of Journalism Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Students study and practice news gathering and reporting, emphasizing the development of writing skills. Assignments include finding news sources, using interviewing techniques, and writing acceptable news copy, feature stories, editorials, critical reviews, and personal interviews. The history, philosophy, ethics, and major criticism of the news media are covered. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 229 Literary Topics Prerequisite, ENG 104 . In this experimental course relating literature to relevant interests and concerns, students may help to refine the focus and structure of the course. Recent offerings have included: The Literature of Money and Jane Austen in Film. (Offered on demand.) 3 credits. ENG 240 World Literature I Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Students read selected world masterpieces from the beginning to the fall of Rome, 476 A.D. The course includes readings from myth, epic, tragedy, and comedy from Western and Eastern cultures. Writers may include Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Aristophanes, Sappho, and Virgil. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 242 World Literature II Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. In this survey of great works of world literature from 476 A.D. to 1660, the English Restoration, students encounter works by such authors as Lady Murasaki Shikibu, Rumi, Dante, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare. Materials from the visual arts, history, philosophy, religion, and politics will be used to enrich the students’ reading. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 244 World Literature III Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Students read chosen works of world literature from 1660 to the present day. Emphasis may vary to focus on the relationship of literature to the other arts and cultures. Authors include Moliere, Voltaire, Swift, Baudelaire, Kafka, Turgenev, Flaubert, Chekhov, Woolf, Borges, Garcia Márquez, Borges, Calvino, Abe, Oe, Fowles, Duras. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 250 Introduction to Fiction Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Students read and analyze selected significant short stories and novels. Authors studied include Gogol, Kafka, Hemingway, Camus, Conrad, Chopin and Morrison. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 252 Introduction to Poetry Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Designed especially for the student with little background, this class cultivates an understanding of and appreciation for a wide range of poetry, from William Blake to Langston Hughes, from Emily Dickinson to Sylvia Plath and Gwendolyn Brooks. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 254 Introduction to Drama Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. By reading plays from ancient to modern times, including comedy, tragedy, and the variant literary forms that lie between, students learn the history and structuring principles of drama. Modern playwrights may include Puig, Mamet, Hwang, Wilson, and Wasserstein. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 256 Introduction to Literary Theory Prerequisite, ENG 104 . This course examines the major trends, theories, interpretive methodologies, and techniques of literary criticism.  (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 300 Writing for Essay Proficiency Prerequisite, deficient or fail on Junior Writing Proficiency Exam. Designed for students who have received either a “fail” or “deficient” on the Junior Writing Proficiency Exam, this course develops skills needed for writing across the curriculum. Employing a practical approach that stresses audience, purpose, and methodology, students hone their writing and revising skills. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 302 Writing About Diverse Cultures WC Designed for students who have fulfilled their basic writing requirements but need additional instruction and practice to be better prepared to meet the expectations of upper-division courses, this class sharpens writing skills through the study of writers from diverse and non-Western cultures. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 303 Technical Writing Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Recommended for majors in natural science, social sciences, business, and pre-law, this course provides intensive practice in writing for students who wish to work in technical or professional fields. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 304 Advanced Creative Writing Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. More specialized than introductory creative writing, this course focuses on single genres: fiction, poetry, or drama. Students are encouraged to submit their work to Calliope II, Chapman’s literary journal, and prepare a portfolio of their work to send to agents and publishers. Graded on a Pass/No Pass basis; may be repeated. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 305 Business Writing Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Covering the various areas of writing for business, industry, and government, this course teaches students how to write business reports, job descriptions, résumés, abstracts, letters, and memoranda. International and intercultural business communication are emphasized. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 308 Advanced News Reporting and Writing Prerequisite, ENG 215 or instructor’s consent. Emphasizing public affairs reporting, this course teaches the process of writing news stories for print and broadcast media. Skills developed include gathering information, obtaining public documents, writing beat stories, interviewing, and copy preparation. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 320 American Literature from the Puritans to Dickinson Prerequisites, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course covers major American writers and the origins of important themes in American culture from the Colonial period through the Civil War, including Puritanism, Transcendentalism, and the Frontier Myth. Authors studied include Edwards, Wheatley, Poe, Melville, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson. (Offered every third semester.) 3 credits. ENG 322 American Literature from Clemens to 1950 Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Survey of the beginnings of modernism in major writers from the turn of the twentieth century to 1950. Authors studied include Clemens, Dreiser, Ellison, James, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Eliot, Pound, Frost, Faulkner, O’Neill, Wharton, and Wright. (Offered every third semester.) 3 credits. ENG 324 Contemporary American Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Students read some of the boldest works of American post-modernism in order to understand contemporary American fiction, poetry, and drama. The course covers important post World War II movements (the Beats, the New York poets; the confessional, concrete and objectivist poets) through the works of Angelou, Didion, Barth, Barthelme, Morrison, Tan, Albee, Hansberry, Kushner, Mamet, Wilson, and Williams. (Offered every third semester.) 3 credits. ENG 326 American Themes Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Examining significant themes in American literature, classes on different themes may be repeated for credit. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 327 The Minority Experience in American Literature HD Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Examining alienation, assimilation, oppression, ethnic pride, and the twin searches for meaning and an authentic voice in minority literature in America, this course might focus on African-American, Asian-American, or Chicano literature. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 330 Medieval Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. The spellbinding literature and culture of medieval Europe, particularly Great Britain, is covered, emphasizing Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Course may include Beowulf, Arthurian romances, ballads, cycles of religious plays, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Vision of Piers Plowman, The Pearl, or Chaucer’s earlier poetry. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 331 Elizabethan Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course explores the historical and cultural backgrounds of Elizabethan literature, especially the English Reformation. English and Continental music and visual arts are studied as aesthetic adjuncts to Spenser’s Faerie Queene and other poems, Sir Philip Sidney’s Defence of Poesy, and dramas by Beaumont, Fletcher, and Marlowe. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 333 Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Surveying English literature from 1660 to 1784, this course emphasizes the social and psychological transitions to modern times. Themes covered include the stereotyping of sex-roles and family life, the rise of the middle-class morality, social and political satire, the conflict between religion and the “new science,” and the growth of sentimentalism. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 334 The Romantic Period Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Through the works of such poets as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, this course covers the romantic revolution in English literature from the late 18th century to 1832. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 335 The Literature of Victorian England Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course explores the tensions—artistic, moral, and social—of Victorian England from 1832–1900. While reading the works of such writers as Tennyson, Arnold, Browning, Bronte, Dickens, Hardy, Hopkins, and Wilde, students will discover how these works relate to trends in art, architecture, fashion, politics, science, and philosophy. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 336 20th-Century British Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Examining the impact of innovative modernism and post-modernism on Britain’s illustrious literary tradition, this course explores experimentation and conservation of tradition in representative works. Students will observe the changes in literary sensibility as Britain moves from a world power to her recent diminished position in world affairs. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 340 The Bible as Literature (Same as REL 340 .) Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. From the song of creation to apocalypse of Revelation, the course will examine the stories and poetry of the Bible as literary expressions of ancient Israel and the early Christians. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 341 Non-Western Mythology Prerequisite, ENG 104 . This course introduces students to the visionary myths of non-European cultures and how these myths were transformed as culture moved from oral communication to early pictographic writing and finally to phonetic spelling. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 342 Science and Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Focusing on a specific scientific topic or historical era, students explore the cultural interaction between scientific models and literature. Topics may include the Copernican Revolution and Metaphysical Poetry, Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory and 19th Century Literature, Literature in the Age of Einstein. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 343 Introduction to Comparative Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Introducing students to the theory and methods of comparative analysis, this course examines the history of the discipline and representative comparativist categories. The class explores literary texts in comparative historical, linguistic, cultural, and interdisciplinary contexts. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 344 Comparative Studies: 19-60">th-61"> century Prerequisite, ENG 104 . This course focuses on contrastive analysis of 19th century texts representing a variety of languages and cultures, with special attention to the Francophone and Hispanic traditions. Students with knowledge of a language besides English will read texts (or portions of texts) in that language. Topics might include Masters of European Realism or The Politics of Adultery. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 345 Comparative Studies: 20th century Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Focuses on contrastive analysis of 20th century texts representing a variety of languages and cultures, with special attention to the Francophone and Hispanic traditions. Students with knowledge of a language besides English will read texts (or portions of texts) in that language. Topics might include Art as Commitment vs. Commitment to Art, Magical Realism in the Americas, and Modernisms. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 346 Special Studies in Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 . This course is concentrated on one area, such as Restoration and 18th century drama or the epic poem. Credit may be arranged to travel in a foreign country while studying the literature of that country. The course may be designed to meet individual student interests. The London Theatre Tour and the Experiencing England Tour are offered as sections of Eng 346. (Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits. ENG 347 Society, Culture, and Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Exploring the sociological and/or anthropolitical contexts of literature, this course’s content varies by instructor; topics might include urban literature and life; rural, pastoral, or utopian environment; literature and sex roles; the literature of work; the influence of anthropological works on 20th-century literature; and poetry and narrative in preliterate society. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 348 Psychological Approaches to Literatur Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course examines how twentieth-century psychological theories influence literature and film criticism. Psychologists such as Freud, Jung, and Lacan will be studied in connection with their approaches to textual analysis. The course may also focus on such psychological movements as Gestalt, Behaviorism, and archetypal analysis. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 349 Religion in Literature and Film This course explores religious topics and themes in literature and film and how such portrayals reflect society’s values and concerns. Topics may include the literature and films of the Holocaust such as Schindler’s List and the portrayals of saints and heretics from Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation of Christ to Shaw’s St. Joan, The Passion of Joan of Arc. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 360 Literature into Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course examines how selected poems, stories, plays, and novels are turned into movies. Discussions will focus on the difference imposed by the printed word and cinema in shaping the same material into two different artistic expressions. Readings/films might include Chopin’s The Awakening, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day, and Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 361 Images of Business in Literature and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Placing novels and poems in their social and political contexts, students examine business, capitalism, consumerism, and corporate structure in literature and cinema. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 362 Popular Fiction and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 , other prerequisites vary according to topic. See instructor or syllabus. (Courses that treat different themes may be repeated for credit.) (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. Designed primarily for the non-English major, topics might include: Adventure Fiction and Film Exploring the suspense and intrigue of various adventure novels and films, students will evaluate and compare secret agents, saboteurs, terrorists, soldiers of fortune, and other daredevils who live by danger and often die by other hands. Romance Literature and Film Although disparaged by many as a sub-standard trashy form in its most recent Harlequin incarnation, the romance has a long and noble lineage as a popular art form. Novels might include The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Monk, Jane Eyre, Northanger Abbey, The Woman in White, Dracula, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Films might include Agnes of God, Jane Eyre, and Rebecca. Western Literature and Film Developed as an outgrowth of Rousseau’s “noble savage” theory, and begun as a quintessential American form by J. Fenimore Cooper, the Western has flourished in the 20th century on the heels of the closing of the frontier. ENG 363 Literature Into Dance and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Students analyze the transformation of literary works into dance, featuring video tapes and films of dances adapted from literary works. Emphasizing close reading of literary texts and careful analysis of choreography, students concentrate on how a verbal art form can be successfully transposed to a non-verbal medium. (Offered interterm, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 364 Shakespeare into Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Students will study the fascinating films made from some of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, including the epic Henry V, the stunning Richard III, the Freudian Hamlet, and the eccentric Othello. Students might compare the various versions of Macbeth—including the Welles, the Polanski, and the Kurosawa Throne of Blood—with Shakespeare’s original play and the Holinshed sources. (Offered fall semester or interterm, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 366 Politics in Literature and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 . In this course students examine a range of political themes including war, peace, corruption, statesmanship, class conflict, and the search for utopia in works such as Z, Clockwork Orange, El Norte, War Games, All the King’s Men, 1984, Under Fire, The Trial, The Jungle, and Brave New World. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 367 Horror Fiction and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course explores the macabre in literature and film. Students begin with the Gothic novel and such early classic writers as Mary Shelley, Poe, Lovecraft, and Stevenson before proceeding to present day shockers like William Blatty and Stephen King. Films may include The Phantom of the Opera, Bride of Frankenstein, Freaks, Night of the Living Dead, Psycho, The Exorcist, and Poltergeist. (Offered interterm, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 368 Science Fiction and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Exploring such themes as utopias, outer space, aliens, robots, and monsters, this course examines the bizarre world of science fiction and film. Writers studied may include Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Huxley, Bradbury, Clarke, Asimov, and Niven. Films may include such classics as Metropolis, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 369 Detective Fiction and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Beginning with the 19th century pioneers (Poe, Collins, and Doyle), and proceeding to the twentieth-century masters (Christie, Hammett, Chandler, Sayers), students will explore all facets of detective fiction and its film adaptations. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 400 Advanced Rhetoric Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. In this advanced course on persuasive and expository prose, students investigate methods of invention and models of form and style in readings from discourse theorists as well as from established masters of the essay. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 404 Techniques of Writing Fiction/Poetry/Drama Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Through lectures and workshops, students practice producing publishable fiction or poetry. Techniques of fiction may include plot development, viewpoint selection, three-dimensional characterization, dialogue, scene and summary settings, and theme. Techniques of poetry may include study of sound, imagery, figurative language, symbolism, and mechanics. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 406 Advanced Workshop in Writing Prerequisite, ENG 404 . Students discuss, criticize, and evaluate novel chapters (in the fiction workshop) or individual poems (in the poetry workshop) in order to produce a publishable novel, group of short stories, or collection of poetry. Students work within their chosen genre and form, and the guidelines of various genres and forms are examined. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 407 Writing and Publishing for the Internet Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course is designed to help students gain a greater understanding of the Internet opportunities to publish their own work. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 408 Writing for Publication Prerequisite, ENG 204 or instructor’s consent. This course is designed to assist writers of poetry, fiction, and drama in developing publishable material. Although emphasis is placed on writing, revising, polishing, and submitting material to editors, agents, and publishers, the career of writing is also examined. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 410 Panther Workshop (Same as ENG 210 .) ENG 411 Publishing News Online Prerequisites, ENG 308 and reliable transportation. This is an advanced journalism course for students interested in learning how to launch and manage an online publication of news and features.  Students will develop a prototype online publication that covers individual schools and/or communities on a weekly basis. Students will write news, features, and service pieces. (Offered on demand.) 3 credits. ENG 412 Investigative Reporting Prerequisites, ENG 104 or equivalent, ENG 215, 308, or instructor’s consent. Students develop advanced interviewing, researching, and writing skills for investigative articles and stories for print and broadcast media. Attention will be given to specific investigative circumstances in government, politics, business, private organizations, and law, with readings in award-winning investigative articles. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 413 Magazine Production Prerequisites, ENG 104 or equivalent, ENG 215 or instructor’s consent. In this study of the organization, layout, writing, and production of magazines, students examine editorial administration, special interest magazines, design and layout, magazine formula, editing and typography, advertising and writing. Students will create their own magazine as well as assist with a campus magazine or journal. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 414 Feature Writing Prerequisites, ENG 104 or equivalent, ENG 215. This course teaches feature writing with an emphasis on the extended feature article and personality profile. Assignments may also include advanced practice in writing editorials, critical reviews, humor, columns, and advertising copy. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 415 Topics in Journalism Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Designed for the student interested in contemporary journalism and the role journalism plays in the world or specific arenas, sample topics might include: Current Trends In Journalism, The Foreign Press Today, Journalism and the Business World, Minorities and the Press, Contemporary Newspaper Literature, Reporting Public Affairs. May be repeated for credit. (Offered interterm semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 417 Copy Editing Prerequisites, ENG 104 or equivalent, ENG 215 or instructor’s consent. Students gain experience and direction in developing efficient copy editing skills for newspaper and magazine journalism. Students practice formal copy editing on various kinds of copy including wire copy. Attention is also given to such areas as picture editing, writing captions and cutlines, fundamentals of design and editing, broadcast news, and feature copy. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 418 Layout and Design Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Students study the fundamentals of design in newspaper and magazine journalism. Students examine the aesthetic components that create newspaper and magazine formulae: components of design, types of layout, photography and art, typography, and production stages. Students are expected to contribute to the design of a campus or community publication. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 1-3 credits. ENG 429 Literary Topics (Same as ENG 229 .) ENG 430 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Students study Shakespeare’s exciting development from his earliest plays to mid-career. Students will discover his delightful comedies and absorbing historical plays with some attention to his most significant poetry and unforgettable tragedies. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 432 Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Romances Prerequisite, Eng 104 or equivalent. Students study Shakespeare’s plays from mid-career to his richest, most mature plays. Students will explore his moving tragedies and haunting romances with some attention to the brilliant sonnets and joyous comedies. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 434 The English Novel Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Examining the origins and development of the English novel to 1900, this course relates significant works to the social and psychological factors that influenced their making, including politics, religion, history, and economic conditions. Writers studied include Fielding, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray, and Hardy. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 440 Continental Fiction to 1900 Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Students examine the fiction of the most significant European writers from the ancient Greek and Roman romances to the 19th century French and Russian realists. Students read masterworks like Petronius’ Satyricon, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Voltaire’s Candide, Balzac’s Pere Goriot, and Tolstoy’s War and Peace. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 441 Twentieth Century Drama Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. The course covers innovative ideas in European and American theater, from Andre Antoine’s Theatre Libre, the alienation theories of Bertolt Brecht, to the pauses of Harold Pinter. Focus may vary from time to time as the course moves from Chekov, Ibsen, Strindberg to Beckett, Sam Shepard and new wave playwrights of the last twenty years. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 442 Twentieth Century Poetry Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course may concentrate on a comparative approach to either a group of national poetries or at least two national or shared language poetries. Poetic experimentation in Spain and Latin America or the French tradition and early twentieth-century British and American poetry are possible foci. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 443 Twentieth Century Fiction Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Students study short stories, novels, and novellas from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America written between 1900 and the present. Writers might include Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, D.H. Lawrence, Kobo Abe, Andrei Bely, Umberto Eco, Marguerite Duras, and Gabriel García Márquez. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 444 Comparative Readings Focusing on contrastive analysis of texts from different historical periods, culture, and traditions, this course may employ a generic, thematic, mythical/archetypal, or period-centered approach. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 445 Major Author(s) Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Students concentrate on the writings of either one significant author or a group of authors who can be profitably studied together. Examples of major figures include, but are not limited to, Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Keats, Dickens, Hawthorne, Melville, Pound, Eliot, Woolf, Joyce, Proust, Kazantzakis, and Faulkner. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 446 Women in Literature and Art Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Exploring portrayals of women by both female and male writers/artists in literature and the visual arts, this course focuses on women as makers, subjects, and muses of painting, sculpture, photography, fiction, and poetry. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 447 Topics in Comparative Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Other prerequisites vary according to topic. See instructor or syllabus. This course analyzes key themes, motifs, and principles which integrate philosophy, psychology, politics, sociology, or the history of ideas with literature. Recent themes have included Poetics of the Novel; Writers Writing from the Margin; Women in Love and Other Emotional States; Poetry or Prose? Courses that treat different themes may be repeated for credit. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 448 Psychology in Literature and Film (Same as PSY 448 .) Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Examining the cross-influences between literature and psychological theory, this course pays particular attention to the works of literature and film which have furnished material for psychologists, and to the reflexive impact of psychological theory upon writers. Students will examine how such psychological concepts as archetypes, unconscious processes, the Œdipal complex, role-playing, and symbol influence modern poetry, drama, fiction, and film. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 449 Cross-cultural Studies in Literature WC Students will examine literary works from cultures throughout the world in order to increase awareness of diversity in value systems, traditions, and behavior. Literature from various countries, with specific emphasis on non-Western literature, and from various literary genres (poetry, fiction, drama, essay, film) will be covered. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 450 Literature of Children and Young Adults Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Both teachers and writers of children’s literature will benefit from this study of style, technique, and methods for introducing the young to the pleasures of literacy, from diverse cultures and experiences, including authors such as Faith Ringgold, Demi, E.B. White, Louisa May Alcott, Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, and Maya Angelou. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 453 Photojournalism Prerequisite: ENG 215 or instructor’s consent. This class will cover principles of photojournalism, ethics, and visual newsgathering with an emphasis on accuracy and conduct. Caption writing, basic newsgathering, and image photo editing will be discussed. Digital darkroom, scanning, and workflow will be discussed. Must have access to 35mm camera. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits. ENG 454 Literary Criticism to 1900 Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Influential critics’ discussions about literature’s moral value, the artist’s creative process, and the relationship between art and life are considered from a historical perspective. Authors studied include Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Longinus, Sidney, Dryden, Johnson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Arnold, and Wilde. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. ENG 456 Literary Criticism of the 20th Century Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Focusing on important critical questions (the role of the reader in determining the meaning of a literary text; the social role of literature; the problems of censorship), students explore modern critical approaches ranging from New Criticism, structuralism, and the “new” historicism, to deconstruction, feminist criticism, and semiotics. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 462 The Literature and Film of Diverse Cultures Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Depending on the instructor, this course could focus on the emerging nations of Africa, the Middle East, or Central or South America. Writers and filmmakers that might be studied include Chinua Achebe, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, Ousmane Sembene, Peter Weir, or Satyajet Ray. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 463 Music, Literature, and Film Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course offers the opportunity to enjoy, through music and literature, the treatment of literary and musical subject and structure. Sample emphases may include the relationship between musical and literary themes; the musical structure of literature and the literary structure of music; or literary structure and film scores. (Offered interterm, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 465 Images in Literature and the Visual Arts Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This class explores Western culture through the study of myth, religion, literature, and the visual arts. Themes and subject matter will vary but may include pagan art and literature from Sumer and Greece, as well as early Christian, Renaissance, and modern examples. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 466 Images of Teachers and Schooling in Film and Literature Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This class will view films and read novels, plays, and short stories which have schools as their setting, teachers and/or students as their main characters, or education as their primary theme. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 467 Law in Literature and Film From such classic works as Fielding’s Jonathan Wild and Dickens’ Bleak House to such contemporary works as Traver’s Anatomy of a Murder and Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, this course will focus on attorneys and DAs embroiled in courtroom drama. Contemporary writers Scott Turow, John Grisham, and other novelists and playwrights will also be studied. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 471 Introduction to Linguistics Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Through an introduction to the major characteristics and components of human language, students become familiar with the power and complexity of language, the way it influences our interaction with other people, and its potential contribution to understanding ourselves and society. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits. ENG 477 First and Second Language Acquisition Prerequisites, ENG 471 and two years of foreign language study or equivalent. Topics covered include learning versus acquisition (Krashen), competence and performance (Hymes), language universals (Chomsky), cognitive variations in language learning and psycho/sociolinguistics. The influence of theory on the language classroom will also be included. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits. ENG 480 Workshop in Teaching Composition Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. Participants will practice various techniques for helping student writers compose clear and purposive essays, perfect diagnostic and editing skills, design individual programs for improvement and enhancement, and validate students’ progress. Students also choose an option of study or participation appropriate to their experience and career plans. One hour seminar; three to nine hours direct tutoring per week. 1-3 credits. ENG 490 /491 Internship or Cooperative Education Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Students gain experience in the fields of business, industry, or academe. Work assignments relate to the major and may take place in law, editing, and business offices, print production and retail firms, newspapers, libraries, schools, or brokerage companies. P/NP. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits. ENG 492 Internship Seminar Prerequisite, ENG 104 or equivalent. This course provides students with the tools necessary to write a résumé and cover letter, develop interview skills, build networking connections, and establish a foundation for pursuing a career after graduation. After successful completion of the internship seminar, a student may enroll in an additional three credits of another internship with a different organization for credit, without attending the seminar. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits. ENG 498  Senior Seminar Prerequisites, ENG 104 and senior standing. This seminar-style course will focus on a significant topic, historical period, interpretive problem, or theoretical issue in comparative literature, journalism, literature, and teaching preparation. Students will complete a substantial project relating to their major field of study.  (Offered every semester.) 3 credits. ENG 499 Individual Study Prerequisite, ENG 104 . Directed reading and/or research designed to meet specific needs of superior upper-division students. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits. Graduate Courses Eng 500 Advanced Rhetoric Eng 502 Theories of Composition Eng 504 Techniques of Writing Eng 506 Advanced Workshop in Writing Eng 520 Early 19th Century American Literature Eng 522 Modernism in American Literature Eng 524 American Literature Since World War II Eng 530 Medievalism Eng 531 The English Renaissance Eng 533 The Augustan Age Eng 534 Romanticism Eng 535 Victorianism Eng 536 Modern British Literature Eng 545 Major Author(s) Eng 546 Special Studies in Literature Eng 547 Topics in Comparative Literature Eng 548 Psychology in Literature and Film Eng 573 Dictionaries, Words, and Meaning Eng 580 Workshop in Teaching Composition Eng 590 /591 Independent Internship/Cooperative Education Eng 592 Seminar in Literary Non-Fiction Eng 594 Seminar: Problems in Literary Analysis Eng 596 Seminar in Film and Literary Studies Eng 599 Independent Study in Literature or Language