Completion of a significant project in creative writing: a manuscript of poems, short stories, fiction, creative non-fiction or drama. Prerequisite: ENG 321, ENG 323 or ENG 325.

Intensive study and practice in the creation of specific genres of creative writing, including detailed craft and skill-building instruction, written and oral peer-critiquing, self-reflective analysis, regular examination of contemporary theoretical trends in the specific creative writing field and the completion of several significant projects. Prerequisite: ENG 220 for ENG 325. ART

Intensive study and practice in the creation of prose fiction, including detailed craft and skill-building instruction, written and oral peer-critiquing, self-reflective analysis, regular examination of contemporary theoretical trends in creative writing fiction, and the completion of several significant projects. Prerequisite: ENG 220 for ENG 323. ART

Intensive study and practice in the creation of poetic writing, including detailed craft and skill-building instruction, written and oral peer-critiquing, self-reflective analysis, regular examination of contemporary theoretical trends in creative writing poetry and the completion of several significant projects. Prerequisite: ENG 220 for ENG 321. ART

Linguistic analysis of phonemic, morphemic and syntactic structure of English.  Comparison of traditional and nontraditional methods of grammatical analysis. Study of significant language change from Old English through the modern period. Projects involve field research. Graduate-level course includes additional work in secondary language acquisition and development. Graduate course has four lecture hours. Prerequisite: Permission for ENG 511. FT

Writing-intensive introduction to the histories, conventions, methods and pleasures of particular literary genres. Focus varies from year to year but could include poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, popular literature and combinations thereof. The course demonstrates the interdependency of writing, learning and interpretation. Prerequisite: Foundations course in English. LIT, WI

Students will write in a variety of business formats, ranging from letters requesting product information to memos and technical reports. Discussion topics include business culture and the use of emergent technologies. Prerequisite: Foundations course in English. WI

Offers one-on-one instruction for students who need to improve their academic writing skills. Individualized course content decided after consultation with the student, the student’s adviser and/or previous instructors.  With approval of the other instructors involved, writing to be completed for other classes taken during the semester will be used as a basis for some tutorial coursework and assignments. Enrollment is limited to three students per semester.

Emphasis on reading strategies for academic texts, relationship between reading and writing and reflection on the student’s own learning process. Taken in the same semester as the foundations in writing requirement. Co-requisite: ENG 101, ENG 104 or ENG 108.

A research and composition course designed for non-native English speaking students. Emphasizes distinct areas of planning, conducting and writing an independent research project, including topic selection, thesis generation, research skills, primary and secondary source selection, validation of sources, draft and detailed outlining, literature reviews, interviewing techniques, questionnaire generation, introductory and concluding sections, effective use of work by other authors and researchers, organized presentation of findings and well-supported argumentation and analysis.