Courses

Upper-level English Course Schedule

Fall 2021	Spring 2022
ENG 2990 Writing Center Theory and Practice ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3140 American Literature in Transition ENG 3160 Victorian Literature ENG 3430 The American Novel ENG 4570 Shakespeare ENGS 4060 Chaucer EED 3890 Teaching of Writing and Speech ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENG 3710 English Grammar ENG 3720 Civic Writing ENG 4810 Phonetics and Phonology	ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3170 Postcolonial Literature ENG 3440 Native American Novel ENGS 4xxx The Americas in Early Modern British Literature EED 3840 Literature /Reading for Adolescents EED 4490 Internship in Schools EED 4750 Professional Seminar ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3460 Aspects of the English Language ENG 3580 Professional Writing ENG 3700 Advanced Composition PRE 3450 Publication Design ENG 4830 Second Language Acquisition
Fall 2022	Spring 2023
ENG 2990 Writing Center Theory and Practice ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3100 Harlem Renaissance ENG 3110 Medieval British Literature ENG 4570 Shakespeare ENGS 4xxx Everything Jane EED 3890 Teaching of Writing and Speech ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3650 Writing in Digital Environments ENG 3700 Advanced Composition* ENG 3710 English Grammar ENG 4850 Cultural Issues of ESL	ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3420 The British Novel ENG 3470 Native American Poetry ENG 3540 Modern Drama ENG 3670 Contemporary Fiction ENGS 4XXX Indigenous Futurisms EED 3840 Literature /Reading for Adolescents EED 4490 Internship in Schools EED 4750 Professional Seminar ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3460 Aspects of the English Language ENG 3070 Professional Editing ENG 3570 History of Rhetoric PRE 3450 Publication Design ENG 3700 Advanced Composition* TESL 4890 Applied Pedagogy of ESL
Fall 2023	Spring 2024
ENG 2990 Writing Center Theory and Practice ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3130 American Romanticism ENG 3150 British Romantic Literature ENG 3660 Modernist Poetry ENG 4570 Shakespeare ENGS 4xxx Southern Children's Literature EED 3890 Teaching of Writing and Speech ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3580 Professional Writing ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENG 3710 English Grammar ENG 4810 Phonetics and Phonology	ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3120 Early Modern British Literature ENG 4020 Literary Criticism ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3460 Aspects of the English Language ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENG 4210 Grant Writing ENG 4830 Second Language Acquisition ENGS 4xxx Sr. Sem: The Gender of Modernism ENGS 4xxx Special Topics in Rhet and Writing EED 3840 Literature/Reading for Adolescents EED 4490 Internship in Schools EED 4750 Professional Seminar PRE 3540 Publication Design
Fall 2024	Spring 2025
ENG 2990 Writing Center Theory and Practice ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3150 British Romantic Literature ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3560 Modernist Fiction ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENG 3710 English Grammar ENG 3720 Civic Writing ENG 4570 Shakespeare ENG 4850 Cultural Issues of ESL ENGS 4xxx Sr. Sem: Novel Adaptations EED 3890 Teaching of Writing and Speech	ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3170 Post-Colonial Literature ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3430 The American Novel ENG 3460 Aspects of the English Language ENG 3580 Professional Writing ENG 3700 Advanced Composition TESL 4890 Applied Pedagogy of Teaching ESL ENGS 4xxx Sr. Sem: Chaucer EED 3840 Literature/Reading for Adolescents EED 4490 Internship in Schools EED 4750 Professional Seminar PRE 3450 Publication Design
Fall 2025	Spring 2026
ENG 2990 Writing Center Theory and Practice ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3100 The Harlem Renaissance ENG 3160 Victorian Literature ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3570 History of Rhetoric ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENG 3710 English Grammar ENG 4570 Shakespeare ENG 4810 Phonetics and Phonology ENGS 4xxx Jane Austen Goes to the Movies EED 3890 Teaching of Writing and Speech	ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3070 Professional Editing ENG 3130 American Romanticism ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3420 The British Novel ENG 3460 Aspects of the English Language ENG 3650 Writing in Digital Environments ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENGS 4xxx King Arthur EED 3840 Literature/Reading for Adolescents EED 4490 Internship in Schools EED 4750 Professional Seminar PRE 3450 Publication Design ENG 4830 Second Language Acquisition
Fall 2026	Spring 2027
ENG 2990 Writing Center Theory & Practice ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3140 American Realism and Naturalism ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3440 The Native American Novel ENG 3580 Professional Writing ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENG 3710 English Grammar ENG 4570 Shakespeare ENG 4810 Phonetics & Phonology ENGS 4xxx Serial Novels EED 3890 Teaching of Writing & Speech	ENG 3040 Principles of Literary Study ENG 3250 Language in Society ENG 3460 Aspects of the English Language ENG 3540 Modern Drama ENG 3670 Contemporary Fiction ENG 3700 Advanced Composition ENG 4210 Grant Writing ENG 4830 Second Language Acquisition ENGS 4xxx African-American Children's Literature ENGS 4xxx Special Topics in Rhet and Writing EED 3840 Literature/Reading for Adolescents EED 4490 Internship in Schools EED 4750 Professional Seminar PRE 3540 Publication Design

Senior Seminar Topics

Fall 2022: Everything Jane (Dr. Catherine Parisian)

In the course of her short life, Jane Austen published six novels and left reams of manuscript writings. Over the years, her novels have been read, imitated, and adapted.

A plethora of Austen-related movies have graced screens big and small. The novels and the movies have spawned a craze for tie-in merchandise, including board games, tea cloths, soap, coffee mugs, journals, notecards, and address books.

This seminar will focus on Austen’s novels and the popular culture phenomenon that has grown around them.
Spring 2023: Indigenous Futurisms (Dr. Zachary Laminack)

One of the most enduring tropes of American science fiction has been the arrival of the intrepid explorer on an alien planet. However, as writer Nalo Hopkinson put it, “…going to foreign countries and colonizing the natives, and as I’ve said elsewhere, for many of us, that’s not a thrilling adventure story: it’s non-fiction, and we are on the wrong side of the strange-looking ship that appears out of nowhere” (7).

Whether upsetting conventional contact tropes, reimagining voyages of discovery, or engaging in hopeful speculation, Indigenous futurisms invite readers into worlds in which, as editor of Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction Grace Dillon describes it, “Native writers…write about Native conditions in Native-centered worlds liberated by the imagination” (11).

In this course we’ll read, discuss, study, and write about the decolonial words Native writers envision. Our work will take us into narratives that bend the edges of the familiar and through stories that remake the world entirely. We’ll approach these stories from a variety of perspectives within Indigenous studies and our goal throughout the semester will be to think along with our writers toward alterative worlds and alternative futures.
Fall 2023: Southern Children’s Literature (Dr. Laura Hakala)
Spring 2024: The Gender of Modernism (Dr. Melissa Schaub)

Literary modernism (1910-1945, British and American) has frequently been studied through the lens of the writing of a few dominant male figures; that coherent but narrow view of the literary features of modernism has been challenged since the 1990s by feminist scholars re-centering the work of women writers of the period.

This seminar will explore the questions raised by such work to determine to what extent modernism can be defined, and how its definition changes when gender is added to the equation. We will read both male and female writers in the course, but with more emphasis on female writers who are not taught as often in the literary historical surveys.
Fall 2024: Novel Adaptations (Dr. Catherine Parisian)
Spring 2025: Chaucer (Dr. Roger Ladd)
Fall 2025: Jane Austen Goes to the Movies (Dr. Cathy Parisian)
Spring 2026: King Arthur (Dr. Roger Ladd)
Fall 2026: Serial Novels (Dr. Melissa Schaub)
Spring 2027: African-American Children's Literature (Dr. Laura Hakala)

This course examines how, in the words of Rudine Sims Bishop, African American children’s literature functions as “mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors” for young readers. We’ll read a variety of genres (such as picture books, poetry, graphic novels, historical fiction, etc.) written and marketed to a range of ages from preschoolers to young adults.

* Notes:

These schedules may change. Consult your advisor and BraveWeb to confirm course offerings.

English and English Education majors must take at least one Senior Seminar.

Senior Seminars are offered each semester with varying titles.

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