Undergraduate Course Descriptions

Lower Division Courses

English 1A โ€“ First-Year Writing

English 1B โ€“ Argument and Analysis

English 2 โ€“ Critical Thinking and Writing

English 10 โ€“ Great Works of Literature

English 20 โ€“ The Graphic Novel

English 21 โ€“ Mystery and Detective Fiction

English 22 โ€“ Fantasy and Science Fiction

English 30 โ€“ Literature and the Environment

English 40 โ€“ Contemporary World Fiction

English 50 โ€“ Beginnings to the "American Experiment"

English 60 โ€“ Literatures of the Atlantic World (1680-1860)

English 70 โ€“ Emerging Modernisms and Beyond

English 71 โ€“ Creative Writing

English 78 โ€“ Introduction to Shakespeare's Drama

English 92 โ€“ International Program Studies

Upper Division Courses

English 100A โ€“ Writing Competency Through Genres

ENGL 101 - Introduction to Literary Criticism

English 100W โ€“ Writing Workshop

English 100WB โ€“ Written Communication: Business

English 103 โ€“ Modern English

English 105 โ€“ Seminar in Advanced Composition

English 106 โ€“ Professional and Technical Editing

English 107 โ€“ Professional and Technical Writing

English 108 โ€“ Gaming and Narrative

English 109 - Writing and the Young Writer

English 110 โ€“ UX Design and Visual Communication

English 111 โ€“ Strategic Digital Content and Social Media Writing

English 112A โ€“ Children's Literature

English 112B โ€“ Literature for Young Adults

English 113 โ€“ Gothic and Horror Fiction

English 115 โ€“ The Bible as Literature

English 116 โ€“ Myth in Literature

English 117A โ€“ American Literature, Film, and Culture

English 117B โ€“ Global Film, Literature, and Cultures

English 120 (TA 120) โ€“ Theatre History

English 121 (COLT 121) โ€“ Introduction to Comparative Literature

English 122 (COLT 122) โ€“ Topics in Comparative Literature

English 123A โ€“ Literatures of the Americas
English 123B โ€“ Literatures of Africa
English 123C โ€“ Literatures of the Pacific
English 123D โ€“ Literatures of Asia

English 125 โ€“ Ancient Literatures

English 126 โ€“ Holocaust Literature

English 127 (TA 127) โ€“ Contemporary Theatre

English 128 (TA 128) โ€“ Introduction to Playwriting

English 129 โ€“ Writing for Professional Publications

English 130 โ€“ Writing Fiction

English 131 โ€“ Writing Poetry

English 133 โ€“ Reed Magazine

English 135 โ€“ Writing Nonfiction

English 139 โ€“ Visiting Authors

English 140A โ€“ Old English

English 140B โ€“ Beowulf

English 141 โ€“ Medieval Literature

English 142 โ€“ Chaucer

English 144 โ€“ Shakespeare I

English 145 โ€“ Shakespeare and Performance

English 149 โ€“ The Romantic Period

English 150 โ€“ The Victorian Age

English 151 โ€“ 20th and 21st Century Poetry

English 153 โ€“ Studies in the British Novel Before 1900

English 156 - Black Womenโ€™s Writing

English 157 โ€“ Topics in Rhetorical Analysis

English 160 - Topics in American Literature

English 162 โ€“ Indigenous American Literatures

English 163 โ€“ Asian American Literatures

English 165 โ€“ Black American Literatures

English 166 โ€“ Latinx Literatures

English 167 โ€“ Steinbeck

English 168 โ€“ The American Novel

English 169 โ€“ Ethnicity in American Literature

English 171 - Pop Cultures

English 172 - The Arts in U.S. Society

English 173 โ€“ Thinking About Contemporary World Arts

English 176 โ€“ The Short Story

English 177 โ€“ Topics in Fiction Since 1900 

English 178 โ€“ Creative Nonfiction

English 180 - Individual Studies

English 181 โ€“ Special Topics

English 182 โ€“ Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Literature

English 183 โ€“ Major Authors

English 184 - Queer Literary Studies

English 192 โ€“ International Program Studies

English 199 โ€“ Writing Internship