400 - 499
ENG 402
ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING: NARRATIVE
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Fulfillment of basic written communication requirement.
Creative workshop for students who wish to attempt longer forms of narrative than the short story.
ENG 403
ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Fulfillment of basic written communication requirement.
Creative workshop for students experienced and/or talented in the writing of poetry.
ENG 410
COMPOSITION AND RHETORICAL THEORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 201, senior class standing.
Trends in contemporary composition and rhetorical theory, with an emphasis of the theory of discourse communities. Students develop skills in producing critical, theoretical, creative, and rhetorical discourse.
ENG 415
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Literature of seventeenth-century England.
ENG 416
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Literature of the eighteenth-century British Isles.
ENG 417
BRITISH NOVEL TO 1800
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Study of selected themes, issues, and authors in the novel in Britain before 1800.
ENG 418
ENGLISH NOVEL: 1800–1900
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Representative nineteenth-century English novels.
ENG 419
ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Representative English romantic writers.
ENG 420
EARLY VICTORIAN LITERATURE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
English writers 1832–1859.
ENG 421
LATER VICTORIAN LITERATURE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
English writers 1859–1914.
ENG 441
ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
American romantic writers.
ENG 442
AMERICAN NOVEL TO 1900
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Representative American novels to 1900. Includes major modes of American fiction and the relationships among them. Historical, social, and artistic developments of the American novel to 1900.
ENG 443
AMERICAN POETRY AFTER 1900
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
The rich and diverse terrain of American poetry of the twentieth century from a historical perspective. Major figures, major movements, and the interrelationships among them.
ENG 444
THE AMERICAN NOVEL AFTER 1900
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Representative American novels after 1900. Includes major modes of American fiction and the relationships among them. Historical, social, and artistic developments of the twentieth century.
ENG 445
AMERICAN REALISM
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
A focused study of a major American literary movement, realism, its major and minor figures, and the historical and cultural milieu of nineteenthcentury America out of which realism emerged.
ENG 450
STUDIES IN POETRY
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or instructor permission.
A particular aspect of poetry: theme, motif, philosophy, concept, or literary movement in English, American, or world literature. May be taken for credit more than once when content varies.
ENG 451
STUDIES IN FICTION
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Selected aspects of the novel, novella, or short story: theme, motif, concept, or movement in English, American, or world literature. May be taken for credit more than once when content varies.
ENG 452
STUDIES IN DRAMA
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Particular aspects of drama: theme, motif, philosophic concept, or literary movement in English, American, or world literature. May be taken for credit more than once when content varies.
ENG 454
TWENTIETH-CENTURY NOVEL I
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Major British and American novels from 1914 to 1945.
ENG 455
THE BRITISH NOVEL AFTER 1900
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
A study of major twentieth-century British novels. Philosophies and theories suggested by the texts, including modernism and postmodernism, and the cultural climate since 1900 explored.
ENG 461
YOUNG-ADULT LITERATURE
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Literature appropriate to students in grades 7-12.
ENG 462
METHODS AND MATERIALS IN TEACHING SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: EDF 303, minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.
Secondary school curriculum materials and methods of instruction. Open only to upper-division students majoring in secondary English or elementary education majors seeking certification in English. To be taken the semester before student teaching.
ENG 463
METHODS, MATERIALS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
6, 6/0
Prerequisites: EDF 303, ENG 200; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 in major.
Methods and materials necessary to become an effective teacher of English. Includes secondary school curriculum, New York State standards for the language arts, planning, assessment, and classroom management. Additional emphasis on professional development, with on-site observations, practice teaching sessions, and interactions with public-school teachers and personnel.
ENG 464
STUDENT TEACHING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH
6, 30/0
Prerequisites: ENG 200, ENG 309, ENG 462 or ENG 463, EDF 303, EDF 403, EDU 416; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, 2.75 in English, and professional education courses.
Full-time practice teaching, five days a week for seven weeks, in a middle school/junior high school situation. College supervision biweekly. Elementary extension students teach one situation. Required for upper-division students in secondary English and elementary education extension students.
ENG 465
STUDENT TEACHING IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH
6, 0/0
Prerequisites: ENG 200, ENG 309, ENG 462 or ENG 463, EDF 303, EDF 403, EDU 416; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, 2.75 in English, and professional education courses.
Full-time practice teaching, five days a week for seven weeks, in a senior high school situation. College supervision biweekly. Required for upper-division students in secondary English.
ENG 490
ENGLISH SEMINAR
3, 3/0; OCIF
Prerequisites: ENG 190, 3 credit hours of literature, or permission of instructor.
Advanced study of a literary theme, genre, author, period, or theoretical approach.