Concentration in Public and Professional Writing (Bachelor of Arts in English)

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The Concentration in Public and Professional Writing emphasizes the critical analysis and production of writing and written discourse in professional, academic, and civic contexts. This concentration provides English majors with a strong core of abilities in reading and writing, as well as an opportunity to build rhetorical knowledge in a variety of modes, sites, and genres of language use.

Successful completion of the Public and Professional Writing concentration will prepare students for effective participation in language-intensive professions. Its guiding aim is two-fold: 1) to foster critical literacy—the ability to see and intervene in the cultural forces that shape the conventions of language use in the many professions and fields that students will enter upon graduation; and 2) to encourage an understanding of how the expansiveness of language helps us describe the workings of written communication in different modes and contexts.

View Degree MapA semester-by-semester path to completing degree and major requirements

Requirements

The concentration requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Introduction to Professional Writing. One (1) course:
- ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills
ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Designed to develop research and writing skills requisite for most academic and professional activities. Emphasis on methods of research, organization, and writing techniques useful in preparing reviews, critical bibliographies, research and technical reports, proposals, and papers.
Advanced Expository Writing. One (1) course:
- ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing
ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Advanced writing course focuses on the interconnected activities of writing and reading, especially the kinds of responding, analyzing, and evaluating that characterize work in many fields in the university. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Advanced Public and Professional Writing Electives. Two (2) courses:
- ENG-G 302 Structure of Modern English
- ENG-G 405 Studies in English Language
- ENG-R 301 Advocacy and Debate
- ENG-R 305 Rhetorical Criticism
- ENG-R 321 Rhetoric, Law, and Culture
- ENG-R 323 Speech Composition
- ENG-R 330 Science, Advocacy, and the Public
- ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
- ENG-R 340 The Rhetoric of Social Movements
- ENG-R 342 Rhetoric and Race
- ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
- ENG-R 355 Public Memory in Communication and Culture
- ENG-R 397 Visual Rhetoric
- ENG-R 398 Culture, Identity, and the Rhetoric of Place
- ENG-R 396 The Study of Public Advocacy
- ENG-W 321 Advanced Technical Writing
- ENG-X 473 Internship in English (Up to 3 credit hours with approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies)
ENG-G 302 Structure of Modern English

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on linguistic analysis of present-day spoken and written English, with attention to its phonemic, morphemic, and syntactical systems and its system of expressive features.

ENG-G 405 Studies in English Language

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Topics vary from semester to semester.

ENG-R 301 Advocacy and Debate

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Covers the role of debate in public life and its applications for public advocacy and democratic institutions. Students will read foundational theories of the role of debate in democratic societies and engage in multiple competitive debates against other classmates. Culminates in a group advocacy campaign related to the topics debated over the course of the semester.
ENG-R 305 Rhetorical Criticism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The development of standards for evaluating and methods of analyzing rhetorical texts. Significant historical and contemporary texts are studied to exemplify critical principles.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 305 or ENG-R 305.
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ENG-R 321 Rhetoric, Law, and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the range of ways in which rhetoric, law, and culture intersect in the production and maintenance of social and political community.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 321 or ENG-R 321.
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ENG-R 323 Speech Composition
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on speech content as well as the theory and practice of informative, persuasive, and ceremonial speaking. Topics include the principles of organization, exposition, and argumentation, and language and style.
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ENG-R 330 Science, Advocacy, and the Public
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the ways that scientists can better communicate their research and concerns to the public. Covers topics related to public perceptions of science, examines how best to present and explain research to non-expert audiences through both speaking and writing, and explores recent public and scientific controversies.
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ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An examination of the concept of freedom of speech as a historical, philosophical, legal, and rhetorical concept.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 339 or ENG-R 339.
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ENG-R 340 The Rhetoric of Social Movements
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduces rhetorical theories and practices which inform and are informed by the study of social movements. Topics vary and focus on a specific social movement or a range of social movements.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum total of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 340 and ENG-R 340.
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ENG-R 342 Rhetoric and Race
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the relationship between rhetoric and race, including the possibilities and implications entailed by an understanding of race as a rhetorical artifact, and rhetoric as a necessarily raced phenomenon.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 342 or ENG-R 342.
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ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
This class is grounded in the perspective that symbolic and natural systems are mutually constituted and therefore, the ways we communicate about and with the environment are vital to examine for a sustainable and just future. The focus of the class may vary to engage topics such as environmental tourism or environmental disasters.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 348 or ENG-R 348.
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ENG-R 355 Public Memory in Communication and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the contested nature of public memory from a communication and culture perspective. Focuses on the nature of public memory, its methods of perpetuation, its role in shaping citizens, and its implications for society.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 355 or ENG-R 355.
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ENG-R 397 Visual Rhetoric
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on distinctive rhetorical features of visual discourse to examine the political, cultural, persuasive, and ideological functions of media images in United States' public culture. Explores examples from advertising, journalism, and entertainment across media, including print, television, and film. Interrogates the consequences of conducting public communication through commodified imagery for contemporary social life.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 432 or ENG-R 397.
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ENG-R 398 Culture, Identity, and the Rhetoric of Place
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Invites advanced undergraduate students to consider the rhetorical dimensions of places with a particular focus on theories of culture and identity (e.g., race, gender, and nationality). Students will critically examine how places are the product of strategic communication choices that have been made to influence how human beings think and behave.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 425 or ENG-R 398.
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ENG-R 396 The Study of Public Advocacy
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of great rhetorical works in English. Focus on understanding the nature and role of public discourse in addressing significant human concerns.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 406 or ENG-R 396.
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ENG-W 321 Advanced Technical Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 231
Description
Offers instruction in preparing technical proposals and reports, with an introduction to the use of graphics.

ENG-X 473 Internship in English

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
English major; minimum GPA of 3.000; 12 credit hours in English at the 200-level or above (including ENG-L 260); and prior arrangement with faculty member
Notes
Only 3 credit hours from a combination of ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398 may count toward the major
Description
Supervised experience with a departmentally based journal or allied publication.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398.
Grading
S/F grading.
General English Elective. One (1) course:
- ENG-G 205 Introduction to the English Language
- ENG-G 208 World Englishes
- ENG-G 302 Structure of Modern English
- ENG-G 405 Studies in English Language
- ENG-L 202 Literary Interpretation
- ENG-L 203 Introduction to Drama
- ENG-L 204 Introduction to Fiction
- ENG-L 205 Introduction to Poetry
- ENG-L 206 Introduction to Prose (Excluding Fiction)
- ENG-L 207 Women and Literature
- ENG-L 208 Topics in English and American Literature and Culture
- ENG-L 210 Studies in Popular Literature and Mass Media
- ENG-L 213 Literary Masterpieces I
- ENG-L 214 Literary Masterpieces II
- ENG-L 220 Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG-L 221 Health and Literature
- ENG-L 223 Introduction to Ethnic American Literature
- ENG-L 224 Introduction to World Literatures in English
- ENG-L 230 Introduction to Science Fiction
- ENG-L 240 Literature and Public Life
- ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers
- ENG-L 249 Representations of Gender and Sexuality
- ENG-L 260 Introduction to Advanced Study of Literature
- ENG-L 295 American Film Culture
- ENG-L 305 Chaucer
- ENG-L 306 Middle English Literature
- ENG-L 307 Medieval and Tudor Drama
- ENG-L 308 Elizabethan and Seventeenth-Century Drama
- ENG-L 309 Elizabethan Poetry
- ENG-L 310 Literary History 1: Beginnings through the Seventeenth Century
- ENG-L 312 Literary History 2: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- ENG-L 313 Early Plays of Shakespeare
- ENG-L 314 Late Plays of Shakespeare
- ENG-L 316 Literary History 3: Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
- ENG-L 317 English Poetry of the Early Seventeenth Century
- ENG-L 318 Milton
- ENG-L 320 Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENG-L 327 Later Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENG-L 328 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
- ENG-L 332 Romantic Literature
- ENG-L 335 Victorian Literature
- ENG-L 345 Twentieth-Century British Poetry
- ENG-L 346 20th and 21st Century British Fiction
- ENG-L 347 British Fiction to 1800
- ENG-L 348 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
- ENG-L 350 Early American Writing and Culture to 1800
- ENG-L 351 American Literature 1800-1865
- ENG-L 352 American Literature 1865-1914
- ENG-L 354 American Literature since 1914
- ENG-L 355 American Fiction to 1900
- ENG-L 356 American Poetry to 1900
- ENG-L 357 Twentieth-Century American Poetry
- ENG-L 358 American Literature, 1914-1960
- ENG-L 359 American Literature, 1960-Present
- ENG-L 360 American Prose (Excluding Fiction)
- ENG-L 363 American Drama
- ENG-L 364 Native American Literature
- ENG-L 365 Modern Drama: Continental
- ENG-L 366 Modern Drama: English, Irish, American, and Post-Colonial
- ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible
- ENG-L 369 Studies in British and American Authors
- ENG-L 371 Critical Practices
- ENG-L 373 Interdisciplinary Approaches to English and American Literature
- ENG-L 374 Ethnic American Literature
- ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
- ENG-L 378 Studies in Women and Literature
- ENG-L 380 Literary Modernism
- ENG-L 381 Recent Writing
- ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture
- ENG-L 384 Studies in American Culture
- ENG-L 387 Queer Literary Studies
- ENG-L 389 Feminist Literary and Cultural Criticism
- ENG-L 390 Children\'s Literature
- ENG-L 391 Literature for Young Adults
- ENG-L 393 Comics and the Graphic Novel
- ENG-L 395 British and American Film Studies
- ENG-L 396 Studies in African American Literature and Culture
- ENG-L 399 Junior Seminar
- ENG-L 450 Seminar: British and American Authors
- ENG-L 460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme
- ENG-L 470 Seminar: Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies
- ENG-L 480 Seminar: Literature and History
- ENG-L 499 Senior Independent Study for Honors Students
- ENG-R 201 Professional Speaking
- ENG-R 209 Topics in Rhetoric and Public Culture
- ENG-R 210 Introduction to Digital Rhetoric
- ENG-R 211 Rhetoric and Sports
- ENG-R 212 Communicating Sustainability
- ENG-R 214 Feminist Rhetoric and Public Issues
- ENG-R 222 Democratic Deliberation
- ENG-R 223 Group Communication
- ENG-R 224 Persuasion
- ENG-R 228 Argumentation and Public Advocacy
- ENG-R 301 Advocacy and Debate
- ENG-R 305 Rhetorical Criticism
- ENG-R 321 Rhetoric, Law, and Culture
- ENG-R 323 Speech Composition
- ENG-R 330 Science, Advocacy, and the Public
- ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
- ENG-R 340 The Rhetoric of Social Movements
- ENG-R 342 Rhetoric and Race
- ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
- ENG-R 355 Public Memory in Communication and Culture
- ENG-R 396 The Study of Public Advocacy
- ENG-R 397 Visual Rhetoric
- ENG-R 398 Culture, Identity, and the Rhetoric of Place
- ENG-W 203 Creative Writing
- ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills
- ENG-W 240 Community Service Writing
- ENG-W 241 Collaborative Digital Writing
- ENG-W 270 Argumentative Writing
- ENG-W 280 Literary Editing and Publishing
- ENG-W 301 Writing Fiction
- ENG-W 303 Writing Poetry
- ENG-W 311 Writing Creative Nonfiction
- ENG-W 321 Advanced Technical Writing
- ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing
- ENG-W 381 The Craft of Fiction
- ENG-W 383 The Craft of Poetry
- ENG-W 401 Advanced Fiction Writing
- ENG-W 403 Advanced Poetry Writing
- ENG-W 410 Indiana Writing Workshop
- ENG-W 413 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
- ENG-X 373 Professional Practice in English (Departmental consent required)
- ENG-X 395 Global Experience in English (Departmental consent required)
- ENG-X 471 Teaching Internship in English (Departmental consent required)
- ENG-X 473 Internship in English (Departmental consent required)
- ENG-X 490 Individual Reading in English (Departmental consent required)
ENG-G 205 Introduction to the English Language

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Acquaints students with contemporary studies of the nature of language in general and of the English language in particular.
ENG-G 208 World Englishes
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An introduction to varieties of English spoken around the world, including those of Africa, Asia, Australasia, North America, and the British Isles, in which students explore English-speaking cultures, not in isolation, but in relation to one another, through their common language.
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ENG-G 302 Structure of Modern English

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on linguistic analysis of present-day spoken and written English, with attention to its phonemic, morphemic, and syntactical systems and its system of expressive features.

ENG-G 405 Studies in English Language

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Topics vary from semester to semester.
ENG-L 202 Literary Interpretation
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Develops critical skills essential to participation in the interpretive process. Through class discussion and focused writing assignments, introduces the premises and motives of literary analysis and critical methods associated with historical, generic, and/or cultural concerns.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit by special arrangement with the Department of English.
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ENG-L 203 Introduction to Drama
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Acquaints students with characteristics of drama as a type of literature through the study of representative significant plays. Readings will include plays from several ages and countries.
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ENG-L 204 Introduction to Fiction
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Representative works of fiction; structural techniques in the novel. Novels and short stories from several ages and countries.
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ENG-L 205 Introduction to Poetry
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Kinds, conventions, and elements of poetry in a selection of poems from several historical periods.
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ENG-L 206 Introduction to Prose (Excluding Fiction)
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Varieties of nonfictional prose, such as autobiography, biography, and the essay. Representative works from several periods and countries.
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ENG-L 207 Women and Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Issues and approaches to the critical study of women writers and their treatment in British and American literature.
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ENG-L 208 Topics in English and American Literature and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected works of English or American literature in relation to a single cultural problem or theme. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.
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ENG-L 210 Studies in Popular Literature and Mass Media
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Popular literary modes in England and America, such as detective, western, fantasy; history and theories of “mass” or “popular” culture; uses of literacy. Literary analysis of particular mass media forms, including television drama. Topic varies.
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ENG-L 213 Literary Masterpieces I
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Literary masterpieces from Homer to the present. Aims at thoughtful, intensive reading; appreciation of aesthetic values; enjoyment of reading.
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ENG-L 214 Literary Masterpieces II
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Literary masterpieces from Homer to the present. Aims at thoughtful, intensive reading; appreciation of aesthetic values; enjoyment of reading.
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ENG-L 220 Introduction to Shakespeare
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
May not be taken concurrently with ENG-L 313 or ENG-L 314
Description
Rapid reading of at least a dozen of Shakespeare\'s major plays and poems.
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ENG-L 221 Health and Literature

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
In this class, we will study the intersection between literature, illness, and medicine. At first glance, these categories have little in common. Yet, literature both records and interrogates how society thinks about illness, injury, pain, medical treatment, and patient experiences. Can language capture the experience of pain or illness? How can literature help patients and practitioners understand medical problems and treatment? How is one\'s understanding and treatment of disease impacted by historical and cultural context? We will explore these and other questions through reading a diverse range of literature, paying particular attention to the historical, social, and cultural implications of various medical conditions and practices.
ENG-L 223 Introduction to Ethnic American Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduces students to a range of ethnic American literature, featuring works in varied combinations by African American, Native American, Asian American, Chicano/a or Latino/a American, Jewish American, Italian American, Irish American, Arab American, and/or other ethnic American authors.
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ENG-L 224 Introduction to World Literatures in English
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Comparing and analyzing works originating in at least two continents, this course introduces students to the complexity of human experience and diversity of global English as represented in literary works from various periods and world cultures.
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ENG-L 230 Introduction to Science Fiction
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of the kinds, conventions, and theories of science fiction. Course may include both literature (predominantly British and American) and film.
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ENG-L 240 Literature and Public Life
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of literary works that feature situations, issues, and problems of values or ethics in public life as seen from a variety of viewpoints. Discussion and writing will be directed to the works themselves and to the questions they raise for contemporary life.
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ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduces the works of selected American Jewish writers such as Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Cynthia Ozick, and Philip Roth.
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ENG-L 249 Representations of Gender and Sexuality
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of literary and cultural presentations of gender and sexuality that traces their historical evolution, illuminates issues and problems, or examines the conventions of their depictions.
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ENG-L 260 Introduction to Advanced Study of Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Notes
R: Completion within the first 9 credit hours of the major
Description
Introduces four principles essential to advanced study of literature: attention to language and varieties of figurative language, analysis of generic forms and modes, awareness of historical context and mediation of forms, and facility with traditional and contemporary theories of literature.
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ENG-L 295 American Film Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Film in relation to American culture and society. Topic varies. Works of literature may be used for comparison, but the main emphasis is on film as a narrative medium and as an important element in American culture.
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ENG-L 305 Chaucer
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Chaucer\'s work, with special emphasis on The Canterbury Tales.
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ENG-L 306 Middle English Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected works such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Pearl, mystery and morality plays, and religious lyrics, read in Middle English.
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ENG-L 307 Medieval and Tudor Drama
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Drama from its beginnings in Medieval England through contemporaries of the early Shakespeare.
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ENG-L 308 Elizabethan and Seventeenth-Century Drama
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
English drama from Shakespeare’s time to the closing of the theaters in 1642 and beyond.
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ENG-L 309 Elizabethan Poetry
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Major Elizabethan poets, with special attention to Spenser.
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ENG-L 310 Literary History 1: Beginnings through the Seventeenth Century
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Notes
R: Completion within first 21 credit hours of major
Description
A broad overview of the varied origins and functions of literature in Medieval and Early Modern cultures. Tells the story of the consolidation of English language and literature.
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ENG-L 312 Literary History 2: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Notes
R: Completion within first 21 credit hours of major
Description
A broad overview of the development of British and American literature in the era of empire, industry, and revolution. Tells the story of the expansion of English language and literature.
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ENG-L 313 Early Plays of Shakespeare
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
May not be taken concurrently with ENG-L 220
Description
Close reading of at least seven early plays of Shakespeare.
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ENG-L 314 Late Plays of Shakespeare
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
May not be taken concurrently with ENG-L 220
Description
Close reading of at least seven later plays of Shakespeare.
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ENG-L 316 Literary History 3: Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Notes
R: Completion within first 21 credit hours of major
Description
A broad overview of developments in English in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Tells the story of the increasing diversity of voices represented in English language and literature.
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ENG-L 317 English Poetry of the Early Seventeenth Century
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Major poets in England, 1600–1660.
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ENG-L 318 Milton
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Poetry and prose of John Milton, with special attention to Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
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ENG-L 320 Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Representative literary works from 1660 to the mid-eighteenth century, studied within their social context.
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ENG-L 327 Later Eighteenth-Century Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Representative literary works from the mid-eighteenth century to 1800, studied within their social context.
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ENG-L 328 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Development of English Drama from Puritan closing of playhouses into the nineteenth century.
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ENG-L 332 Romantic Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
British literature and culture in the age of Romanticism and the revolutionary era (ca. 1780–1830). Poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction writings from major and minor authors, such as Austen, Blake, Byron, Coleridge, Keats, Scott, the Shelleys, Wollstonecraft, and the Wordsworths.
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ENG-L 335 Victorian Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Major poetry and prose, 1830–1900, studied against the social and intellectual background of period.
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ENG-L 345 Twentieth-Century British Poetry
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Modern poets, particularly Yeats, Eliot, Auden; some later poets may be included.
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ENG-L 346 20th and 21st Century British Fiction
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores 20th- and 21st-century British fiction and its techniques and experiments.
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ENG-L 347 British Fiction to 1800
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne.
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ENG-L 348 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Forms, techniques, and theories of fiction as exemplified by such writers as Scott, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.
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ENG-L 350 Early American Writing and Culture to 1800
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines a range of literary and cultural communications from the period of exploration and colonization of the Americas through the Revolutionary era. Special attention paid to the interactions between rhetoric and history, and to religious, scientific, political, racial, and literary discourses.
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ENG-L 351 American Literature 1800-1865
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Studies a range of texts from the formative period of the republic to the end of the Civil War. Special attention paid to the shifting definitions and constructions of U.S. American national and cultural identity, as affected by issues of race, environment, transatlantic exchanges, scientific discourse, and the emergence of women writers.
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ENG-L 352 American Literature 1865-1914
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys American literature through the development of realism, regionalism, naturalism, and the beginnings of modernism. Considers literature\'s relation to social and cultural phenomena of this era, such as urbanization, industrialization, immigration, racial tensions, labor strife, changing gender roles, and the spread of mass media and consumer culture.
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ENG-L 354 American Literature since 1914
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Provides an understanding of the pivotal literary innovations and cultural changes during this period. Literary movements such as naturalism, realism, and modernism may be the subject of focus, as might changes in race and gender relations, labor politics, immigration policies, regionalism, and the increasing shift from agricultural to urban economics.
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ENG-L 355 American Fiction to 1900
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys a range of literary fiction in nineteenth-century America, examining a variety of forms including the novel, sketch, short story, as well as modes (Gothic, romance, sentimental, adventure). Attention will be paid to the historical, cultural, and political contexts in which canonical and lesser-known authors wrote.
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ENG-L 356 American Poetry to 1900
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Includes the work of Bradstreet, Taylor, the fireside poets, Poe, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and Crane.
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ENG-L 357 Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the general trends and important contributions found in the work of major and minor American poets.
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ENG-L 358 American Literature, 1914-1960
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys literary expressions centered mainly in the first half of the twentieth century. Attention may be given to such literary movements as modernism and the Beats, as well as literature written by women and various ethnic populations.
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ENG-L 359 American Literature, 1960-Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines a range of literary forms and developments after the start of the Vietnam War. Special attention may be given to postmodernism, women\'s literature, ethnic literature, 1960s protest literature, and radical revisions of genres, forms and narrative strategies in the age of computerization.
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ENG-L 360 American Prose (Excluding Fiction)
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines—but is not limited to—such nonfiction genres as the personal or political essay, science writing, journalism exposé, history, biography, film criticism, memoir, travel and speech writing. The instructor may focus on a particular genre or period.
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ENG-L 363 American Drama
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Main currents in American drama to the present.
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ENG-L 364 Native American Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys traditional and modern literature by American Indians, especially of the high plains and southwest culture areas, with particular attention to the image of the Indian in both native and white literature.
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ENG-L 365 Modern Drama: Continental
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Special attention to Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, and the theater of the absurd.
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ENG-L 366 Modern Drama: English, Irish, American, and Post-Colonial
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Shaw, Synge, O’Neill, and other significant dramatists, such as Harold Pinter, Edward Albee, August Wilson, Athol Fugard, and Wole Soyinka.
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ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Hebrew Bible and New Testament with emphasis on questions of reading and interpretation.
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ENG-L 369 Studies in British and American Authors
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Studies in single authors (such as Wordsworth and Melville), groups of authors (such as minority writers), and periods (such as American writers of the 1920s). Topics vary from semester to semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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ENG-L 371 Critical Practices
Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-L 260 with grade of C- or higher
Description
Study of and practice in using contemporary critical methodologies; can be focused on specific topics.
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ENG-L 373 Interdisciplinary Approaches to English and American Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Social, political, and psychological studies in English and American literature, 1890 to the present. Topics may vary and include, for example, Freud and literature, responses to revolution, and the literature of technology.
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ENG-L 374 Ethnic American Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Literature about the American ethnic experience, selected from works by African American, Native American, Asian American, Chicano/a or Latino/a American, Jewish American, Italian American, Irish American, Arab American, and/or other ethnic American authors.
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ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Jewish authors, such as I. B. Singer and Elie Wiesel; groups of authors, such as Holocaust writers and writers about the immigrant experience; or genres and themes. Topic will vary from semester to semester.
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ENG-L 378 Studies in Women and Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
British and American authors such as George Eliot, Gertrude Stein; groups of authors, such as the Brontë sisters, recent women poets; or genres and modes, such as autobiography, film, and criticism. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
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ENG-L 380 Literary Modernism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Phenomenon of modernism in early twentieth-century transatlantic literature, with emphasis on such writers as Joyce, Pound, Eliot, Stein, Lawrence, and Faulkner, studied in relation to social and artistic movements.
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ENG-L 381 Recent Writing
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected writers of contemporary significance. May include groups and movements (such as black writers, poets of projective verse, new regionalists, parajournalists and other experimenters in pop literature, folk writers, and distinctly ethnic writers); several recent novelists, poets, or critics; or any combination of groups.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit by special arrangement with the Department of English.
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ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of a coherent period of British or Commonwealth culture (such as medieval, Elizabethan, or Victorian England, or modern Canada), with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual milieu.
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ENG-L 384 Studies in American Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of a coherent period of American culture (such as the Revolution, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression), with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual milieu.
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ENG-L 387 Queer Literary Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An exploration of literature--including poetry, fiction, drama, and creative non-fiction--with attention to queer style, themes, and literary histories. Topics emerge from faculty scholarship in areas ranging from queer medievalism, representations of lgbtq experience in various literary movements (such as the Harlem Renaissance), queer poetics, and the study of individual authors.
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ENG-L 389 Feminist Literary and Cultural Criticism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected critical approaches to the issue of gender over time and in various cultural settings. Topics vary, but may include feminist criticism and popular culture, the history of feminist expository prose, or deconstructionism and feminism.
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ENG-L 390 Children\'s Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Historical and modern children’s books and selections from books; designed to assist future teachers, parents, librarians, or others in selecting the best in children’s literature for each period of the child’s life.
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ENG-L 391 Literature for Young Adults
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of books suitable for junior high and high school classroom use. Special stress on works of fiction dealing with contemporary problems, but also including modern classics, biography, science fiction, and other areas of interest to teenage readers.
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ENG-L 393 Comics and the Graphic Novel
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the literary and poetic dimensions of various forms of contemporary graphic literature. Readings draw from graphic memoirs, graphic fiction, comics, and other varieties of graphic storytelling.
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ENG-L 395 British and American Film Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Intensive study of specific topics related to film narratives; emphasis on American or British film as a cultural phenomenon. Topic varies.
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ENG-L 396 Studies in African American Literature and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of a coherent phenomenon of African American literature and culture (such as Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, African American women’s autobiographies, black popular culture and literary expression, recent black fiction or poetry, or a cluster of major authors).
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ENG-L 399 Junior Seminar

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-L 260; and one of ENG-L 203, ENG-L 204, ENG-L 205, or ENG-L 206
Description
Small seminar on various topics, encouraging independent thinking and research methods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

ENG-L 450 Seminar: British and American Authors

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: Junior or senior standing
Description
Intensive study of a major author or a school of closely related authors.

ENG-L 460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: Junior or senior standing
Description
Study of texts written in several historical periods united by a common mode or form (narrative, romanticism, lyric, etc.), or by a common theme (Bildungsroman, the city and the country, the two cultures question, the uses of literacy, etc.).

ENG-L 470 Seminar: Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: Junior or senior standing
Description
Study of a body of English or American literature in relation to another discipline (philosophy, art history, linguistics, psychology, etc.), or in light of critical theory (structuralist, psychoanalytic, genre theory, etc.).

ENG-L 480 Seminar: Literature and History

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: Junior or senior standing
Description
Study of a body of literature in relation to a period of history, to a theory of history, or to a historical theme.

ENG-L 499 Senior Independent Study for Honors Students

Credits
2
Prerequisites
Approval of department's Honors Director
Description
None
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.

ENG-R 201 Professional Speaking

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Covers skills necessary to succeed in professional and non-profit environments, including the use of presentation aids, interviewing strategies, the ability to present complex information in an easy to digest way, and making concise and persuasive arguments. Recommended for students looking to enter professional, non-profit, or public policy fields after graduation.
ENG-R 209 Topics in Rhetoric and Public Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines how rhetorical practice shapes public culture. May focus on a medium or mode of rhetorical practice, such as documentary film, social movement, or political speech; a theme or issue, such as race, gender, or democracy; or a particular historical period. Topic varies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum total of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 209 and ENG-R 209.
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ENG-R 210 Introduction to Digital Rhetoric

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Workshop-oriented course exploring new forms of writing, interaction, and design for rhetorical purposes and digital environments. Emphasis on producing, interpreting, and analyzing traditional and emerging texts and technologies.
ENG-R 211 Rhetoric and Sports
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines how discourse shapes—and is shaped by—sports culture. Uses a variety of rhetorical frames to analyze historical and contemporary sports communication, contextualize sports events and discourse in relation to particular socio-politico moments, and craft sophisticated responses (across media) to sports-oriented exigencies.
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ENG-R 212 Communicating Sustainability
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
'Sustainability' is the capacity to negotiate environmental, social, and economic needs and desires for current and future generations. Traces historical and global discourses of sustainability; defines key terms and frames sustainability; engages related concepts of democracy, citizenship, and community; and develops critical thinking, research, and communication skills.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 212 or ENG-R 212.
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ENG-R 214 Feminist Rhetoric and Public Issues
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores how various kinds of feminist rhetoric address key public issues. Examines how feminist rhetorical strategies are influenced by feminist traditions, seeking to answer: What does "feminism" mean today? Is there even a single meaning? These questions will be addressed in the context of controversial high-profile public issues.
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ENG-R 222 Democratic Deliberation
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Principles and practices of deliberation that enrich democratic culture in civic affairs.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 222 or ENG-R 222.
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ENG-R 223 Group Communication

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores how to be good and effective members of a group or team, how to occupy different group communication roles skillfully, how to build toward an ideal of democratic participation and decision-making, and how to become reflective about communication processes.
ENG-R 224 Persuasion
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Motivational appeals in influencing behavior; psychological factors in speaker-audience relationship; contemporary examples of persuasion. Practice in persuasive speaking.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 324 or ENG-R 224.
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ENG-R 228 Argumentation and Public Advocacy
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Reasoning, evidence, and argument in public discourse. Study of forms of argument. Practice in argumentative speaking.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 228 or ENG-R 228.
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ENG-R 301 Advocacy and Debate

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Covers the role of debate in public life and its applications for public advocacy and democratic institutions. Students will read foundational theories of the role of debate in democratic societies and engage in multiple competitive debates against other classmates. Culminates in a group advocacy campaign related to the topics debated over the course of the semester.
ENG-R 305 Rhetorical Criticism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The development of standards for evaluating and methods of analyzing rhetorical texts. Significant historical and contemporary texts are studied to exemplify critical principles.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 305 or ENG-R 305.
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ENG-R 321 Rhetoric, Law, and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the range of ways in which rhetoric, law, and culture intersect in the production and maintenance of social and political community.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 321 or ENG-R 321.
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ENG-R 323 Speech Composition
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on speech content as well as the theory and practice of informative, persuasive, and ceremonial speaking. Topics include the principles of organization, exposition, and argumentation, and language and style.
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ENG-R 330 Science, Advocacy, and the Public
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the ways that scientists can better communicate their research and concerns to the public. Covers topics related to public perceptions of science, examines how best to present and explain research to non-expert audiences through both speaking and writing, and explores recent public and scientific controversies.
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ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An examination of the concept of freedom of speech as a historical, philosophical, legal, and rhetorical concept.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 339 or ENG-R 339.
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ENG-R 340 The Rhetoric of Social Movements
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduces rhetorical theories and practices which inform and are informed by the study of social movements. Topics vary and focus on a specific social movement or a range of social movements.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum total of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 340 and ENG-R 340.
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ENG-R 342 Rhetoric and Race
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the relationship between rhetoric and race, including the possibilities and implications entailed by an understanding of race as a rhetorical artifact, and rhetoric as a necessarily raced phenomenon.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 342 or ENG-R 342.
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ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
This class is grounded in the perspective that symbolic and natural systems are mutually constituted and therefore, the ways we communicate about and with the environment are vital to examine for a sustainable and just future. The focus of the class may vary to engage topics such as environmental tourism or environmental disasters.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 348 or ENG-R 348.
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ENG-R 355 Public Memory in Communication and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the contested nature of public memory from a communication and culture perspective. Focuses on the nature of public memory, its methods of perpetuation, its role in shaping citizens, and its implications for society.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 355 or ENG-R 355.
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ENG-R 396 The Study of Public Advocacy
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of great rhetorical works in English. Focus on understanding the nature and role of public discourse in addressing significant human concerns.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 406 or ENG-R 396.
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ENG-R 397 Visual Rhetoric
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on distinctive rhetorical features of visual discourse to examine the political, cultural, persuasive, and ideological functions of media images in United States' public culture. Explores examples from advertising, journalism, and entertainment across media, including print, television, and film. Interrogates the consequences of conducting public communication through commodified imagery for contemporary social life.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 432 or ENG-R 397.
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ENG-R 398 Culture, Identity, and the Rhetoric of Place
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Invites advanced undergraduate students to consider the rhetorical dimensions of places with a particular focus on theories of culture and identity (e.g., race, gender, and nationality). Students will critically examine how places are the product of strategic communication choices that have been made to influence how human beings think and behave.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 425 or ENG-R 398.
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ENG-W 203 Creative Writing
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
Does not satisfy the English composition requirement
Description
Exploratory course in the writing of poetry and/or fiction.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Designed to develop research and writing skills requisite for most academic and professional activities. Emphasis on methods of research, organization, and writing techniques useful in preparing reviews, critical bibliographies, research and technical reports, proposals, and papers.

ENG-W 240 Community Service Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Integrates service with learning to develop research and writing skills requisite for most academic and professional activities. Students volunteer at a community service agency, write an assignment for public use by the agency, and perform coursework culminating in a research paper on a related social issue.

ENG-W 241 Collaborative Digital Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English Composition requirement
Description
Workshop-oriented class integrates service learning and digital forms of public and professional writing through online collaboration. Seeks to address real community needs through research and writing while also creating portfolios that showcase writing produced both individually and with project collaborators.

ENG-W 270 Argumentative Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Offers instruction and practice in writing argumentative essays about complicated and controversial issues. Focuses on strategies for identifying issues, assessing claims, locating evidence, deciding on a position, and writing papers with clear assertions and convincing arguments.

ENG-W 280 Literary Editing and Publishing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Principles of editing and publishing literary writing. Kinds of journals, varieties of formats (including print and e-zine), introduction to editing and production processes. Possible focus on genre publishing (fiction, poetry, non-fiction prose), grant writing, Web publishing, etc.

ENG-W 301 Writing Fiction

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 203
Description
Further exploration in the art of fiction writing.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.

ENG-W 303 Writing Poetry

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 203
Description
Further exploration in the art of poetry writing.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.

ENG-W 311 Writing Creative Nonfiction

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 203
Description
Writing workshop in such modes as personal essay, autobiography, and documentary.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.

ENG-W 321 Advanced Technical Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 231
Description
Offers instruction in preparing technical proposals and reports, with an introduction to the use of graphics.

ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
Completion of the English composition requirement
Description
Advanced writing course focuses on the interconnected activities of writing and reading, especially the kinds of responding, analyzing, and evaluating that characterize work in many fields in the university. Topics vary from semester to semester.

ENG-W 381 The Craft of Fiction

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 203, ENG-W 301, or ENG-W 311; or consent of the instructor
Description
Designed primarily for the creative writing student: the study and practice of the techniques used in the writing of fiction, including point of view, narrative distance, plot, characterization, setting, and tone.

ENG-W 383 The Craft of Poetry

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 203, ENG-W 303, or consent of the instructor
Description
Designed primarily for the creative writing student. The study and practice of the techniques used in the writing of poetry, including meter and other rhythmic structures more commonly relied on in nonmetrical or free verse, such as rhyme, alliteration, and stanza structures.

ENG-W 401 Advanced Fiction Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 301; or consent of instructor
Description
Focused work in the art and profession of fiction writing.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.

ENG-W 403 Advanced Poetry Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 303; or consent of instructor
Description
Focused work in the art and profession of poetry writing.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.

ENG-W 410 Indiana Writing Workshop

Credits
2
Prerequisites
Acceptance to the Indiana Writers' Conference
Notes
May be counted as part of the major
Description
Intensive training in various forms of writing.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.

ENG-W 413 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ENG-W 311; or consent of instructor
Description
Writing workshop in such modes as personal essay, autobiography, and documentary.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

ENG-X 373 Professional Practice in English

Credits
1–6 credit hours
Prerequisites
English major; 12 credit hours in English at 200-level or above (including ENG-L 260); good academic standing; and consent of department
Notes
Only 3 credit hours from a combination of ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398 may count toward the major
Description
Supervised, career-related work experience in cooperating institution, agency, or business. Evaluation by employer and Department of English.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398.
Grading
S/F grading.

ENG-X 395 Global Experience in English

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
Consent of department
Description
International experience in English, usually taken in combination with another English course. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 15 credits.

ENG-X 471 Teaching Internship in English

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
English major; minimum GPA of 3.000; 12 credit hours in English at the 200-level or above (including ENG-L 260); and prior arrangement with faculty member
Notes
Only 3 credit hours from a combination of ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398 may count toward the major
Description
Supervised experience in teaching an undergraduate English course. Students are not involved in grading.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398.
Grading
S/F grading.

ENG-X 473 Internship in English

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
English major; minimum GPA of 3.000; 12 credit hours in English at the 200-level or above (including ENG-L 260); and prior arrangement with faculty member
Notes
Only 3 credit hours from a combination of ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398 may count toward the major
Description
Supervised experience with a departmentally based journal or allied publication.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ENG-L 498, ENG-X 373, ENG-X 471, ENG-X 473, and ENG-Y 398.
Grading
S/F grading.

ENG-X 490 Individual Reading in English

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies
Description
None
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ENG-L 495 and ENG-X 490.
400–499 Level Hours. At least three (3) credit hours from the concentration must be at the 400–499 level.
Concentration GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. Concentration GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the concentration—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
2. Concentration Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the concentration.
3. Concentration Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the concentration must be completed at the 300–499 level.

Concentration Area Courses

Courses that may apply toward the Credit Hours and GPA requirements in this academic program include all courses listed on the requirement course lists at the time the course was taken as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent.

Exclusions

The following courses cannot be applied toward concentration requirements:

Same as the major, as appropriate based on the Academic program Area Courses list above.

Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to the minimum credit hours required in the concentration:

Same as the major, as appropriate based on the Academic program Area Courses list above.

Exceptions to and substitutions for concentration requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Concentration in Public and Professional Writing (Bachelor of Arts in English)

Requirements

Concentration hours and GPA