FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT
Donald E. Levin, Ph.D.
Madame Cadillac Bldg., Rm 286
Phone: (313) 927-1205
E-mail: dlevin@marygrove.edu

Secretary:
Laurie LePain Kopack
Madame Cadillac Bldg., Rm 259
Phone: (313) 927-1383
E-mail: LKopack2843@marygrove.edu

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Bachelor of Arts, English Major (B.A.)
Professional Communications Concentration
English Major for Elementary Teaching
English Major for Secondary Teaching
Bachelor of Arts, Language Arts Major (B.A.)
English Minor
English Minor for Teaching
Language Arts Minor
Elementary Teacher Certification
Secondary Teacher Certification

POTENTIAL CAREERS
Communicator in the fields of: Business, Government, Industry, Law and Medicine; Journalist; Creative Writer; Sales; Speech Writer; Teacher and Technical Writer.

FACULTY
Darcy Brandel, Ph.D.; Allan R. Cook, Ph.D.; Donald E. Levin, Ph.D.; Michael Martin, M.A. (Instructor); Patricia Pichurski, Ph.D.; Frank D. Rashid, Ph.D.; Chae-Pyong Song, Ph.D. and Loretta G. Woodard, Ph.D.

GENERAL INFORMATION
You will be interested in an English major if you want a career in teaching, journalism, law, or business. A major in English will help you become an accomplished writer and critical thinker with skills valued and needed in many professions.

SPECIFIC INFORMATION
As an English major you will have a core of required courses, and you may also select from a variety of courses in literature, writing and film.

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in English (36 required credit hours) is designed for students who want a sound background in literature and writing as preparation for graduate study or for a specific career. This major can be tailored to fit your individual career goals.

Students who wish to prepare themselves for professional careers that stress communication skills should consider the major in English with a concentration in professional communications (36 credit hours). This sequence will provide the richness of a background in literary studies with the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary for success in careers such as journalism, professional writing, creative writing, publishing, public relations, and advertising.

The English major for students interested in elementary or secondary education consists of a core of required literature and writing classes, and a variety of other classes that complete the 36 required credit hours. For secondary teaching, you must combine this major with a certifiable minor.

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in language arts is designed for those students interested in elementary teaching (39 required credit hours). This is a group major in which you have a core of literature and writing courses, and then choose from many courses in English and humanities.

A minor in English (23 required credit hours) or language arts (26 required credit hours) provides students in any major with a firm base in literature and in oral and written communications.

Only courses in which the student has attained a grade of C- or better can be counted toward a major or a minor in English or language arts.

CAREER INFORMATION
As an English major, you will find that all areas of the professional world need your skills and knowledge. With this major, you can plan a career in education, law, journalism, technical writing, public relations, advertising, speech writing, grant writing, or publishing. Although many English majors choose education or journalism, the fields of business, medicine, law, industry, and government also need people who can communicate ideas, analyze information, and solve problems. These are the skills you develop in any English major or concentration.

SPECIAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM
Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series.
Every spring the English and Modern Languages Department invites a noted author to the campus to read and discuss his or her works with students. Students who take ENG 320, a course in the guest author’s works, attend a special session with the author. Previous guests in the series have been Gloria Naylor, Mary Helen Washington, John Edgar Wideman, Octavia Butler, Jamaica Kincaid, Rita Dove, Virginia Hamilton, Ernest J. Gaines, Merle Collins, Lucille Clifton, Toi Derricotte, Edwidge Danticat, Cornelius Eady, Pearl Cleage, and Edward P. Jones. As an English major or minor you will have the opportunity to serve on the host committee for this event.

The Bernard DesRoches Award
This annual award is presented at the College’s annual Honors Convocation to recognize students who demonstrate a keen appreciation of the written word.

The Amy S. McCombs and Frederick P. Currier Writing Awards
These are cash prizes given annually to students whose essays, fiction, or poetry best express the spirit of the work of the visiting author in the Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series.

Sigma Tau Delta
Alpha Zeta Zeta is Marygrove’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society. Its members sponsor poetry readings and book drives, host coffee-houses, and support English and Modern Languages Department activities like the Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. Sigma Tau Delta also offers an annual scholarship to a sophomore, junior, or senior who is majoring or minoring in English or language arts. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be registered for at least 9 credit hours and have a cumulative grade average of 3.5.

Travel Seminar
Under the guidance of an English and Modern Languages Department faculty member, students study the culture of London and/or Paris. The experience culminates in a ten-day on-site visit over spring break.

Study Abroad
Students spend an entire semester on-site studying the literature and culture of another country. Marygrove English majors have recently studied in Australia, England, France and Scotland.

Publication Opportunities
The English and Modern Languages Department publishes The Maxis Review, a literary resource for Marygrove College and the surrounding metropolitan Detroit community. The Maxis Review publishes quality poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and artwork. Contributors range from nationally established creative artists to emerging voices. English majors and minors take part as contributing authors as well as editorial assistants. Students also have opportunities to publish their work in course anthologies and other outlets connected with coursework.

The Literary Map of Detroit
In partnership with the Marygrove Institute for Detroit Studies, faculty, students, alumni, and friends of the Marygrove English and Modern Languages Department develop and maintain this online resource to highlight Detroit-area literary sites. Visit the map at: Detroit Literary Map

Annual Department Events
The English and Modern Languages Department sponsors a variety of social and academic events for students throughout the year. You will have the opportunity to join with department faculty and other students at an annual party, special workshops, and colloquia designed specifically for the needs and interests of our majors and minors.

BACHELOR OF ARTS, ENGLISH MAJOR (B.A.)
The Bachelor of Arts with an English major requires a minimum of 36 credit hours (at least 20 of which are at the 300 or 400 level) in English and completion of the components described below. The Bachelor of Arts Degree also requires a minor and completion of elective courses as listed. If you plan to become an elementary or secondary teacher, see the Teacher Certification section of this catalog.

A. General Education Requirements
See general education requirements.

B. Required English Courses
1. General English Major
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies
ENG 314 Literary Theory and Criticism
ENG 320 Selected Writers
ENG 351 Shakespeare -OR- ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 496 Senior Seminar

Two of the following:
ENG 301 British Writers I -OR- ENG 302 British Writers II
ENG 310 American Literature to 1900 -OR- ENG 311 American Literature from 1900 to the Present

One of the following:
ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
ENG 350 World Literature
ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
ENG 370 Literature by Women

One of the following:
ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 306 From Novel to Film
ENG 313 Contemporary Studies: The Movies
ENG 321 Modern Poetry
ENG 331 Contemporary Drama
ENG 352 The Novel

Other English courses approved by your academic advisor.

2. English Major with a Concentration in Professional Communications
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies
ENG 301 British Writers I -OR- ENG 302 British Writers II
ENG 310 American Literature to 1900 -OR- ENG 311 American Literature: 1900 to the Present
ENG 388 Cooperative Field Experience
ENG 496 Senior Seminar

One of the following:
ENG 222 Introduction to African-American Literature
ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
ENG 350 World Literature
ENG 351 Shakespeare
ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 370 Literature by Women

Professional Writing Courses
Select 18 hours of credit chosen from among the following options:
ENG 264 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 308 Business and Professional Writing

ENG 313 Journalism
ENG 316 Grant writing
ENG 318 Professional Communications Design
ENG 319 Writing Creative Nonfiction
ENG 324W Selected Topics (Writing)
ENG 362 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
ENG 363 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction

3. English Major for Secondary Teaching
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies
ENG 314 Literary Theory and Criticism
ENG 317 The English Language: History, Structure & Grammar
ENG 351 Shakespeare -OR- ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 496 Senior Seminar

Three of the following:
ENG 301 British Writers I
ENG 302 British Writers II
ENG 310 American Literature to 1900
ENG 311 American Literature from 1900 to the Present

One of the following:
ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
ENG 350 World Literature
ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
ENG 370 Literature by Women

Other English courses approved by your academic advisor. Secondary teaching candidates also take:
ENG 347 Methods of Teaching English,
ENG 348 Methods of Teaching Writing and Speaking, K-12.

Please see additional requirements in the Teacher Certification section of this catalog.

4. English Major for Elementary Teaching
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 205 Children’s Literature
ENG 222 Introduction to African-American Literature
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies One Creative Writing course
ENG 351 Shakespeare -OR- ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 496 Senior Seminar

One of the following:
ENG 203 Literature: The Short Story
ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 241 History of the Drama

One of the following:
ENG 301 British Writers I
ENG 302 British Writers II

One of the following:
ENG 310 American Literature to 1900
ENG 311 American Literature from 1900 to the Present

Other English courses approved by your academic advisor. Please see additional requirements, including ENG 348, Methods of Teaching Writing and Speaking, K-12, in the Teacher Certification section of this catalog.

BACHELOR OF ARTS, LANGUAGE ARTS MAJOR (B.A.)
The Bachelor of Arts with a language arts major requires a minimum of 39 credit hours (at least 20 at the 300 level) in the major and completion of the components described below. The Bachelor of Arts Degree also requires a minor and completion of elective courses as required. Please see the Teacher Certification section of this catalog.

A. General Education Requirements
See general education requirements.

B. Required Courses
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 205 Children’s Literature
ENG 209 Fundamentals of Speech
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies
ENG 317 The English Language: History, Structure & Grammar
ENG 496 Senior Seminar

One of the following:
ENG 264 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 319 Writing Creative Nonfiction
ENG 362 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
ENG 363 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction

One of the following:
ENG 203 Literature: The Short Story
ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 241 History of the Drama
ENG 352 The Novel

Two of the following:
ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
ENG 320 Selected Writers
ENG 350 World Literature
ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
ENG 351 Shakespeare
ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 370 Literature by Women

Students majoring in language arts must also take one film course, such as:
HUM 290 Twentieth Century Studies: Film
HUM 303 Contemporary Studies: The Movies
HUM 306 From Novel to Film
HUM 340 French Film Comedy
ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film

And one of the following:
HUM 330 Arab and Asian Studies
HUM 332 Latin American Studies
HUM 333A African Studies I
HUM 333B African Studies II
HUM 334 North American Studies
HUM 335 Caribbean Studies

Electives from English and/or humanities to equal at least 39 credit hours. Please see additional requirements, including ENG 348, Methods of Teaching Writing and Speaking, K-12, in the Teacher Certification section of this catalog.

C. Minor

ENGLISH MINOR
The requirements for an English minor are 23 credit hours (with at least 9 credit hours at the 300 and 400 level), including:

1. General English Minor
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies
ENG 314 Literary Theory and Criticism
ENG 320 Selected Writers

Four courses from the following:
ENG 203 Literature: The Short Story
ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 222 Introduction to African-American Literature -OR-
ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
ENG 241 History of the Drama
ENG 301 British Writers I
ENG 302 British Writers II
ENG 310 American Literature to 1900
ENG 311 American Literature from 1900 to the Present
ENG 321 Modern Poetry
ENG 331 Contemporary Drama
ENG 333 Detroit in Literature
ENG 350 World Literature
ENG 351 Shakespeare
ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 352 The Novel
ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
ENG 370 Literature by Women

2. English Minor for Teaching
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 205 Children’s Literature (required for elementary teacher candidates only)
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies
ENG 317 The English Language: History, Structure & Grammar (required for secondary teacher candidates only)

Four courses from the following:
ENG 203 Literature: The Short Story
ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 241 History of the Drama
ENG 222 Introduction to African-American Literature -OR-
ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
ENG 301 British Writers I
ENG 302 British Writers II
ENG 310 American Literature to 1900
ENG 311 American Literature from 1900 to the Present
ENG 320 Selected Writers
ENG 321 Modern Poetry
ENG 331 Contemporary Drama
ENG 333 Detroit in Literature
ENG 350 World Literature
ENG 351 Shakespeare
ENG 352 The Novel
ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 370 Literature by Women

Other English courses approved by your academic advisor. Please see additional requirements, including ENG 348, Methods of Teaching Writing and Speaking, K-12, in the Teacher Certification section of this catalog.

LANGUAGE ARTS MINOR

The requirements for a language arts minor are 26 credit hours (with at least 9 hours at the 300 or 400 level), including:

A. Required Courses
ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
ENG 205 Children’s Literature
ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies

B. Students minoring in language arts must also take one film course, such as:
HUM 290 Twentieth Century Studies: Film
HUM 303 Contemporary Studies: The Movies
HUM 306 From Novel to Film
HUM 340 French Film Comedy
ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film

And one of the following:
HUM 330 Arab and Asian Studies
HUM 332 Latin American Studies
HUM 333A African Studies I
HUM 333B African Studies II
HUM 334 North American Studies
HUM 335 Caribbean Studies

Select from the following to equal
26 credit hours:
ENG 203 Literature: The Short Story
ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 241 History of the Drama
ENG 222 Introduction to African-American Literature -OR-
ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
ENG 301 British Writers I
ENG 302 British Writers II
ENG 310 American Literature to 1900
ENG 311 American Literature from 1900 to the Present
ENG 320 Selected Writers
ENG 321 Modern Poetry
ENG 331 Contemporary Drama
ENG 333 Detroit in Literature
ENG 350 World Literature
ENG 351 Shakespeare
ENG 352 The Novel
ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
ENG 370 Literature by Women

C. Electives

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Please note: Semesters and years given below are subject to change.

ENG 107 Introduction to Writing 4 hours
Prerequisite: Placement recommendation. Fee: yes. Fall 05, Winter 06, Fall 06, Winter 07
Concentration on the concepts of focus, organization, and development of expository writing. Introduction to research skills and writing, and the use of computers in composition. One additional weekly period of tutoring in grammar, spelling, and punctuation is required. Students must receive a final grade of at least C- or retake the course.

ENG 108 Academic Writing 4 hours
Prerequisite: Placement recommendation. Fee: yes. Fall 05, Winter 06, Summer 06, Fall 06, Winter 07, Summer 07
Concentration on developing students’ abilities to produce analytical academic writing. Special attention to developing research skills and strategies. Students will be engaged in reading and discussing texts and writing within complex rhetorical situations. Students will work on a variety of types of written assignments ranging from short writing activities to fully-developed essays. Individual tutorial sessions will supplement class work. Students will learn to use technology as an aid to writing. Students must receive a final grade of at least C- or retake the course.

ENG 160 Introduction to Literature 3 hours
General Education requirement. Fee: yes. Fall 05; Winter 06, Summer 06, Fall 06, Winter 07, Summer 07
Study and discussion of poetry, fiction, and drama with emphasis on critical analysis.

ENG 203 Literature: The Short Story 3 hours
Study and discussion of the themes and techniques of the short story. Fee: yes. Winter 07

ENG 205 Children’s Literature 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108. Fee: yes. Fall 05, Winter 06, Fall 06, Winter 07
Interpretive and critical study of literature for children and adolescents. Historical and categorical survey of children’s books, stressing significance in classroom and home.

ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry 3 hours
Fee: yes. Winter 06
Introduction to the skills required to read poetry, and to a variety of poets and poetic forms.

ENG 209 Fundamentals of Speech 3 hours
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the basic communication skills in public speaking, and to improve his or her ability to communicate effectively.

ENG 222 Introduction to African-American Literature 3 hours
Prerequisites: Must have completed any LS requirement. Fall 05, Fall 06
Study and discussion of works by important writers of the African-American literary tradition. Interrelation of cultural, social, and historical influences.

ENG 241 History of the Drama 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Fall 06
Study of major playwrights of the western world; emphasis on human self-expression through drama.

ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies 3 hours
Prerequisites: ENG 108, ENG 160. Fee: yes. Fall 05, Winter 06, Fall 06, Winter 07
Introduction to the discipline of literary study for students majoring and minoring in English and language arts. The course emphasizes writing about literature and critical strategies and information resources. This is a writing intensive course.

ENG 264 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108. Winter 06
Introduction to the principles and practices of writing poetry and fiction. Students will develop their skills as writers of imaginative literature by becoming conscious of craft, becoming effective critics of each other’s works, and improving their abilities to judge quality writing.

ENG 290 Introduction to Film 3 hours
Prerequisites: None. Fee: yes
History and highlights of the film as an art form. Interrelation of social, historical, and aesthetic forms.

ENG 301 British Writers I 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Fall 06
Survey of British writers from medieval times to the Romantic period, including Chaucer, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, Pope, Bronte, Austen, and the Romantic poets.

ENG 302 British Writers II 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Fall 05
Survey of British writers from the Romantic period to the present, including Eliot, Dickens, Browning, Hardy, Joyce, Pinter, Lawrence, Lessing, and Woolf.

ENG 303 Contemporary Studies: The Movies 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108
A study of major American films. Course includes such films as Citizen Kane,
Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and current films.

ENG 306 From Novel to Film 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature or film course and ENG 108.
Examination of novels and their film realizations, including Tess of the D’Urbervilles,
A Passage to India, A Clockwork Orange, and The Color Purple.

ENG 308 Business and Professional Writing 3 hours
Prerequisites: ENG 108 and several courses in the student’s major field. Fee: yes.
Winter 06, Winter 07
Underlying principles and techniques for effective communications in business and professional settings. Emphasis on audience analysis, purpose, and organization of various types of letters, reports, and memoranda

ENG 310 American Literature to 1900 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108; Fee: yes. Winter 07
Survey of American writers of the early period, including Bradstreet, Dickinson, Douglass, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, and Whitman.

ENG 311 American Literature: 1900 to the Present 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Fee: yes. Winter 06.
Survey of American writers of the later period, including Ellison, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Frost, Hurston, Morrison, Stevens, and Wharton.

ENG 312 Advanced Written and Oral Communications 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108 and at least two courses in students’ major. Fee: yes. Fall 05,
Winter 06, Summer 06, Fall 06, Winter 07, Summer 07
Focus on writing and speaking situations in the student’s major field. Special attention is given to increasing sophistication in style, organization, development, and research strategies. Credits from this general education requirement are not counted toward the English major.

ENG 313 Journalism 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108. Fee: yes. Fall 05
Fundamentals of news gathering, writing, editing, and layout.

ENG 314 Literary Theory and Criticism 3 hours
Prerequisites: ENG 108, ENG 260, and at least two literature courses. Fee: yes.
Winter 06, Winter 07
Study of the major trends in contemporary literary theory. Course also provides for practical experience with current methods and assumptions guiding the analysis and interpretation of literary texts.

ENG 316 Grant Writing 3 hours
Winter 06
Instruction in principles and practices of grant proposal writing.

ENG 317 The English Language: History, Structure, and Grammar 3 hours
Required for secondary teacher certification. Prerequisite: ENG 108. Fall 05, Fall 07
Study of the development of the English language and an introduction to structural
principles and current linguistic theories. Topics include phonetics, language origin and history, word structure, syntax, dialects, language in social interaction, grammar and
usage for teachers.

ENG 318 Professional Communications Design 3 hours
Prerequisites: ENG 108 and several courses in the student’s major field. Winter 05, Winter 06
Workshop-based, computer-enhanced examination of the theoretical principles and practical techniques for producing a variety of communications projects typically required by contemporary organizations.

ENG 319 Writing Creative Nonfiction 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108. Fall 05, Fall 07
Instruction in the techniques of writing varieties of nonfiction beyond the traditional
academic essay.

ENG 320 Selected Writers 2 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Winter 06, Winter 07
In-depth study of one author.

ENG 321 Modern Poetry 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108
Study of major modern poets, including Yeats, Frost, Stevens, Moore, Eliot, Hughes, Bishop, Hayden, Lowell, Levine, Merwin, Plath, and Dove.

ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Winter 06, Winter 07
In-depth study of authors, periods, genres, or topics as chosen by the instructor. Students will do presentations and papers on specific individual writers, periods, genres, and/or themes, techniques, or works.

ENG 324 Selected Topics 3 hours
Prerequisites: At least three literature courses or permission of instructor and ENG 108
In-depth study of major authors, periods, or topics as chosen by the instructor.

ENG 331 Contemporary Drama 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108
Studies in drama from the 1950s to the present.

ENG 333 Detroit in Literature 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108
Examination of representations of Detroit in fiction, poetry, and other artistic media
produced between 1940 and the present.

ENG 347 Methods of Teaching English 3 hours
Prerequisites: Admission to teacher certification; permission of department and instructor. Fall 05, Winter 06, Fall 06, Winter 07
Introduction to the theories, goals, and techniques of teaching English at the secondary level. Unit planning, learning assessment, skill building in composition and literature, simulations in lesson presentation. Appropriate field-based experiences.

ENG 348 Methods of Teaching Writing and Speaking, K-12 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108. Elementary focus in Fall, Secondary focus in Winter. Fall 05, Winter 06, Fall 06, Winter 07, Fall 07
An introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) theories and practices of teaching written and oral literacies at the elementary and secondary levels.

ENG 350 World Literature 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Fall 05
Survey of works of world literature in translation. This may include works of Asian, African, Caribbean, European, and South American writers.

ENG 351 Shakespeare 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Fall 06
Study and discussion of selected plays from major periods of Shakespeare’s development.

ENG 352 The Novel 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108
Study of the development of and major themes in the genre of the novel, including such novels as Madame Bovary, David Copperfield, Crime and Punishment, and Portrait of a Lady.

ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa 3 hours
Prequisites: One literature course and ENG 108. Fall 06
Study and discussion of contemporary African literature. This may include works of
Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiongo, Ama Ata Aidoo, J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer,
and Nuruddin Farah.

ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film 3 hours
Study of text and contemporary film interpretations of such works as Hamlet (Branagh, Zeffirelli, Almereyda), Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli and Luhrmann), Branagh’s versions of Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labours’ Lost, Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night, etc.

ENG 362 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108, ENG 264. Winter 06, Winter 07
Advanced instruction in the writing of poetry. Writing workshop with student conferences. Students take part in public presentation/publication of their work.

ENG 363 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 108, ENG 264. Fall 06
Advanced instruction in the techniques of short story and longer fiction writing. Writing workshop with student conferences. Students take part in public presentation/publication of their work.

ENG 370 Literature by Women 3 hours
Prerequisites: One literature course and ENG 108; Fee: yes
Study of literature by women and the tradition that produces that literature. The course will examine literature from a feminist perspective.

ENG 388 Cooperative Field Experience 1-4 hours
Prerequisite: Department approval. Fall 05, Winter 06, Summer 06, Fall 06,
Winter 07, Summer 07
Supervised work experience in an activity related to English or language arts.

ENG 491 Independent Study 3 hours
Prerequisites: At least three literature courses or permission of instructor and ENG 108
Independent in-depth study of particular authors, periods, genres, or issues.

ENG 496 Senior Seminar 3 hours
Prerequisites: English or Language Arts majors only‚ three literature courses at the 300 level‚ENG 260, ENG 312‚ ENG 314‚ 20-22 hours in the major. Fee: yes. Fall 05, Winter 06,
Fall 06, Winter 07
In-depth critical reading, research, and analysis of a specific theme or the works of a single author. An extensive written research project and an oral presentation are required.

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