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EN 317 WRITING EVERYTHING 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 103 COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR SEMINARIANS 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 109 INTRO TO ACADEMIC WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 201 EXPERIENCING LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This class introduces students to literary expression across the globe. Through an analysis of prose (fiction and nonfiction), poetry, and drama, students will develop and refine their close reading skills, including understanding basic literary terminology. At the same time, the course focuses on writing and thinking critically about stories. Ultimately, this course will offer students an opportunity to "experience" and appreciate literature of the world.
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
ENG 210 LITERARY RESEARCH & WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the techniques and methods of literary research. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 212 POLITICAL WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Everything is political. Course examines how political writing is used as a means to enact social change, to shape public opinion, inform policy decisions, and influence political behavior. You'll read and analyze the works of professional writers. You'll refine your style and find/re-find your voice. You'll develop/re-develop your writing, revising, and editorial skills. These skills you'll use when you write your own work and critique the work of your classmates during the in-class Writer's Workshops. Students develop analytical writing skills in rhetoric, persuasion, and argumentation. This course potentially expands your writing portfolio. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 215 MAJOR BRITISH AUTHOR PRE-18th CENTURY 3.0 Credit(s)
British Authors pre-18th century will be studied e.g. Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Marlowe and others. Prerequisite: Take ENG-221
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 220 BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1603 3.0 Credit(s)
Major works of British poetry and prose, beginning with Old English and Beowulf and expanding through the literature of the Middle Ages with special emphasis on Chaucer and Elizabethan poets. Some drama, exclusive of Shakespeare, is included. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 221 BRITISH TRADITIONS I 3.0 Credit(s)
This course studies British Literature from its earlier stages in Anglo-Saxon literature (pieces such as "Caedmon's Hymn" and "Beowulf"), to the Middle Ages, to the Elizabethan/Jacobean period, to the midand later seventeenth century including the metaphysical poets, Milton, and Dryden, and concludes with the literature of the eighteenth century. Sophomore level, required for English majors only. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125 or ENG 110
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 222 BRITISH TRADITIONS II 3.0 Credit(s)
From the Age of Reason to the Age of Anxiety. Course highlights romantic writers such as Wordsworth and Keats, Victorians such as Dickens and Arnold, and modernists such as Joyce and Woolf. Sophomore level, required for English majors. Prerequisite: Take ENG-221
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 223 SHAKESPEARE 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores a wide variety of plays from a literary as well as a theatrical perspective, with emphasis on Shakespeare's development as a dramatist and the relationship of his plays to their historical and cultural context. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters Contact Department
ENG 224 17TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the works of Jonson, Donne, Herbert, Marvell, some of the lesser-known metaphysical and Cavalier poets, and Milton. Prose writings of Browne, Burton, and Bunyan are also studied. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 225 RESTORATION & 18 CENT. LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson are read, as well as Restoration dramatists (Congreve, Etherege, Wycherley) and early novelists (Defoe, Richardson, Fielding). Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 226 BRITISH ROMANTIC LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis on the literature written during and immediately after the French Revolution and England's ensuing war with France. The relationship between the individual and political, social, and intellectual environments is studied. Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats are read. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 227 BRITISH VICTORIAN LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the literature of Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Dickens, Eliot, Newman, Ruskin, Pater, Swinburne, and others. Focuses on major writers of the period (1830-1901) beginning with the poetry and concluding with studies in the Victorian novel. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 228 20TH CENTURY BRITISH LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Addresses modernism as it is shaped and constructed in the classic texts of Conrad, Woolf, Yeats, Joyce, Lawrence, and others. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 229 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BRITISH LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 230 COLONIAL & FED. AMERICAN LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Focuses on Colonial American writing from 1620 to 1800. Bradford, Edwards, Taylor, and Franklin are studied. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 231 BLACK AND LATINX LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course we will read, discuss, and write about texts written by major Black and Latinx writers from the modern and contemporary periods. We will analyze works from a variety of genres - poetry, sermons, speeches, fiction, song and film. We will examine what these texts show us about the intersection of national origin, race, racism, identity and community, gender, sexuality, and class with American culture and its values.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 232 NEW VOICES AND A NEW WORLD: AMER. LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will examine important writers in America from its Colonial beginnings to the Civil War. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 233 AMERICAN RENAISSANCE 3.0 Credit(s)
A study of transcendentalists: Hawthorne, Melville, Poe. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 235 THE MODERN MOMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATUR 3.0 Credit(s)
A one-semester survey of the most important works of American literature. Required for English majors only. A prerequisite to ENG 223, ENG 224, ENG 225, ENG 226, ENG 227, ENG 228, ENG 229, ENG 230, ENG 233, ENG 234, ENG 235, ENG 236, ENG 239, ENG 240, ENG 241, ENG 242, and ENG 244 Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS-125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 236 CONTEMP. AMERICAN FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
Deals with current American authors; course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 237 NATURE WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the connections between our natural environment and the diverse ways we communicate our ideas, perceptions, and feelings about that environment. Writers work to discover a rhetorical stance and voice that effectively evokes the natural world in prose. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 238 AMERICAN LITERARY EXPERIENCES Literature 3.0 Credit(s)
A one-semester survey of the most important works of American literature. Required for English majors only. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 239 SPECIAL TOPICS IN AMER. LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 240 EARLY AMERICAN BLACK LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
African-American literature from 1790 to 1900, including the slave narratives, the mockingbird school, and folk poetry. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 241 BLACK WRITERS IN AMERICA 3.0 Credit(s)
A consideration of Black writers from Dunbar and Chesnutt to the present. Study of Harlem Renaissance writers including Wright, Ellison, Hayden, Brooks, Tolson, Baldwin, Baraka, and the Black arts movement. Emphasis on the relation of the works to traditional images of Blacks in America and to themes found in American literature as a whole. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 242 AMERICAN WOMEN OF COLOR 3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the writings of African- American women. The specific authors change each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 243 AMERICAN ETHNIC FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
One of the most dramatic and vibrant developments in American literature to occur after World War II has been the outpouring of multicultural writers. In this course we will read fiction by a variety of multicultural or Ethnic American (Jewish, Irish, Italian, Native, African, Asian, Hispanic, Caribbean, Middle Eastern) writers and examine how these different groups in the United States grapple with the culture, language, and values of the dominant culture. We will look at the influence of race, class, and gender, with special consideration to identity and community in this fiction. Prerequisite: TAKE FYS
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 244 STUDIES IN WORLD LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores works both inside and outside the Western canon. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 245 AM. LIT. FOR ELEMENTARY ED. 3.0 Credit(s)
This course surveys American literature from the early national period to the present, with an emphasis on twentieth-century texts. Students will read a wide variety of texts in different genres, including the essay, the short story, poetry, and the novel. Since the majority of the students enrolled in this course plan to teach at the elementary level, the course will emphasize close reading and other skills that will help the students make complicated ideas understandable and accessible. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 246 DISABILITY STORIES 3.0 Credit(s)
This Humanities (English) elective examines the way that American authors have represented disability, both physical and mental, and explores what these representations reveal about the world in which we live. The class will distinguish between nonfictional narratives composed by writers with disabilities and fictional texts written about characters who have been marked as different or abnormal. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 247 DARWIN AND LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This Humanities (English) elective, inspired by my own research, examines the way that American authors have influenced and been influenced by the science of evolution. Although Charles Darwin was British, he had a tremendous impact not only on Western civilization and European thought, but also on a period of writing called American literary naturalism. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 248 POSTAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course analyzes postapocalyptic literature, including related genres such as dystopian fiction. The course also considers the social, cultural, and literary contexts of the texts. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 249 SP TOPICS IN MULTICULT. LIT 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 250 JOURNAL WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
A course that explores the art of journal writing and journaling. Prerequisite: Take FYS 125 or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 251 MODERN CATHOLIC AUTHORS 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the works and ideas of important Catholic authors.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 252 DEVELOPING A WRITING VOICE 3.0 Credit(s)
From the colloquial to the informal to the formal, this course examines the development of writing voice and explores the stylistic and rhetorical choices writers make to communicate meaning and knowledge. Prerequisite: Take FYS-125 or FYWS-125 and ENG 253
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 253 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING INTRO. TO CREATIVE WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
An introductory course and workshop in creative writing, with a focus on poetry and short stories though other forms are welcome and encouraged. It is intended for students who have not had another course in creative writing at the college level but who have an interest in imaginative writing and who may be writing on their own without formal discussion or review of their work. This course is also the prerequisite for the minor in Creative Writing. A prerequisite to ENG 270, ENG 271, ENG 272, ENG 273, and ENG 274 Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 255 ADVANCED POETRY WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 256 PLAYWRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Students learn the techniques of writing plays through reading and extensive writing assignments. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 257 ART OF THE NON-ACADEMIC ESSAY 3.0 Credit(s)
Non-academic essay writing on various topics. Prerequisite: Take FYS-125, FYWS-125, ENG-253
Offered: Fall Semester Even Academic Years
ENG 258 EXPERIMENTAL FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the rhetorical strategies and stylistic choices that writers make when writing experimental fiction. This class stresses refining your style and finding/re-finding your voice. Knowing your audience is key to writing successful fiction. You'll determine the audience you'll write for each piece, and you'll discover/re-discover the rhetorical strategies appropriate to that audience. In this class you'll spend time reading and analyzing the works of professional writers as you develop writing, revising, and editorial skills. These skills you'll use when you write your own work and to critique the work of your classmates in Break-out Confab/Partners meetings when you're not in class, and during the Writer's Workshop in class. This course emphasizes the connections between active reading, composing, and substantial, creative revision. Furthermore, this course seeks to prepare you for graduate work in literature or writing, for positions in publishing and writing, and writing for corporations and businesses. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125, ENG-253
Offered: Spring Semester Odd Academic Years
ENG 259 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take FYS 125 or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 260 LITERATURE OF ILLNESS & HEALING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the human journey through illness and healing; its primary focus is on personal stories told by patients and dedicated healers. Readings included will speak to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, class, sexual orientation and how it can affect the experience of being wounded or ill. The relationship of the health care system in regards to patient, provider and institution, will be addressed.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 261 MASTERPIECES OF WORLD LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 262 WITCHES IN LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines depictions of witches in literature, focusing primarily on American literature. The course also considers the cultural meanings of witchcraft, paganism, and related spiritual practices and how those are reflected in the literature. Students will also analyze the cultural and political meaning of witchcraft and witch hunts. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 263 POST COLONIAL WOMEN WRITERS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will focus on contemporary literature written by women from former British colonies in South Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, examining themes related to the postcolonial experience.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 264 DIGITAL WRITING FOR MAGAZINES 3.0 Credit(s)
In Digital Magazine Writing, students will engage with the various forms of writing that exist across online publishing. Students will learn to differentiate between digital media platforms and identify ways to engage with an online audience for a specific topic. In addition, students will learn the process of digital publishing, from crafting a concise pitch to learning strategies to make their writing reach their desired audience. At the conclusion of the semester, students will have crafted a digital writing portfolio that can be shared with a target audience and potential employers. Prerequisite: Take ENG-253, FYWS-125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 265 CREATIVE WRITING:HEALTH & HEALING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course teaches students how to write creatively in response to narratives about illness, trauma, suffering, and healing. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 268 WHERE IS THE GLOBAL #ME TOO TODAY 3.0 Credit(s)
The MeToo movement began with Tarana Burke's Unbound but gained traction when the hashtag went viral by Alyssa Milano in 2017. This course seeks to address the themes of trauma, body, pain, voice, gender & sexuality, testimony, and narrative politics, genocides, social media & digital activism, and will provide students with a national and global history of sexual violence. Course readings and discussions will cover topics such as rape, gender and sexuality, power, state and government policies on gender justice, explorations of the perpetrators and victim/victim-survivor hood, and how narrative politics work? Who gets to speak up? Who doesn't? Why is there often a culture of silence and fear surrounding speaking up? What are the psychological, social, and cultural reasons in terms of who has the power to address their trauma? We will also explore the history of rape in popular culture in America and around the world. This course would appeal to students who are interested in psychology, sociology, health humanities, health sciences, media and communication, and women, gender, and sexuality studies, and is interdisciplinary.
Offered: All Semesters Contact Department
ENG 270 SHORT STORY WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
An introductory course and workshop on the history and craft of the short story. The first part of the course is comprised of reading and using interpretive techniques for close reading of both canonical and new canonical versions of the short story. In the second part of the course, students will write a short story using some of the strategies and techniques of the short stories read in the first part of the course. Prerequisite: Take ENG-253 and FYWS-125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 271 WRITING SOCIAL FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
An examination of fiction as a form of social and ideological critique and the society that provided the backdrop from which the fiction emerged. The course also examines the interconnection between embodied experience and political agency with particular emphasis on diasporic groups, working class, and women. Students will have an opportunity to create their own form of social fiction using new media technologies.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 272 WRITING FLASH FICTIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
A course in writing very short narratives: flash fiction, prose poetry, prosetry, sudden fiction, micro-writing, and postcard stories. This is not traditional fiction writing or the writing of short stories. This is a literary form related to narrative poetry, fables, and writing that defines or describes "moments." It provides an additional avenue of literary experiment for students currently writing in more traditional forms. Workshop atmosphere allows peer interaction and frequent student/instructor consultation.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 273 POETRY WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
A seminar in the writing of poetry. The course includes various readings about poetry and its writing as well as background readings of contemporary American and world poetry. Discussion of student work will be the focus of the seminar. Workshop atmosphere allows peer interaction and frequent student/instructor consultation.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 274 TEACHING WRITING SECONDARY EDUCATION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to pedagogical approaches to teaching writing in Secondary Education. Prerequisite: Take ENG-253, FYWS-125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 275 CREATIVE NONFICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
This is a creative writing course designed to introduce students to creative nonfiction, including the sub-genres of memoir, food, nature, and essays of place and narrative journalism. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125, ENG-253
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 276 MODERN IRISH WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the richness of Irish tradition from the Irish Revival to new Irish writing. Prerequisite: Take ENG-201
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 277 IRISH DRAMA 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will explore Ireland's major dramatic movements, events, themes, and controversies, from the founding of the Abbey Theatre to the riots against J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World to a series of plays that address "the Troubles" of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Prerequisite: Take ENG-201
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 278 AMERICAN ETHNIC FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines contemporary fiction by a variety of Ethnic American writers(Irish, Italian, Jewish, African, Native, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern) to explore how these different groups have had to grapple with issues of identity and community as they have become part of American culture. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 279 TRAUMA IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This interdisciplinary course examines the representation of various types of psychological trauma in contemporary fiction. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 280 MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course we will read the literature written by a variety of multicultural writers including African -American/Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Native American, Asian American, LGBTQ+ writers and examine the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality in these texts. We will look at how these texts address issues of identity and community, and how the texts express issues of culture, values, and morals in American society. We will examine the aesthetic and rhetorical strategies of these literary texts. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: All Semesters Contact Department
ENG 281 WRITING IDENTITY IN IRELAND 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores identity through engagement with the work of Irish writers (both indigenous and diasporic) and students' own creative work. It will encourage interrogation of the concept of Irish writing through the practices both of "writing in Ireland," quite literally, and alternative forms of writing/authorship, such as song-writing, comic book-writing, filmmaking, and visual art.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 282 THE PRACTICE OF WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to develop students' understanding of strategies of effective writing. It focuses on helping students learn to provide audience-and situation-based feedback on writing in ways that can help us grow as writers, readers, and critical thinkers. Through readings, activities, and assignments, we will discuss how to provide guidance, feedback, and encouragement and how to learn strategies for helping students from every discipline to: start and complete assignments, become more aware of strategies for improving their writing (and thinking about writing), and build their own confidence as writers. Students who complete this course will be able to tutor in Sacred Heart's Peer Writing Lab. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 285 SEMINAR ON A SINGLE AUTHOR 3.0 Credit(s)
Studies the works and criticism of a single author. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 289 POSITIVE PSYC IN LIT & FILM 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 290 MAJOR AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course students will read the works of major American women writers. These writers may be selected anywhere from the Colonial to the Contemporary Period. The works of these writers may be fiction, poetry, drama, or non-fiction. Students will read, discuss and write about the works of these major writers and examine how the works of these writers represent and advance the values and project of American culture and reflect issues of race, gender, and class in American culture.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 299 SPECIAL TOPICS 3.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that may or may not become part of the department's permanent offerings. Courses capitalize on a timely topic, a faculty member's particular interest, an experimental alternative to existing courses, etc. Prerequisites established by the department as appropriate for the specific course. Course title is shown on the student's transcript. Consult the current course schedule for available topics and current prerequisites.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 315 WRITING ABOUT SELF & IDENTITY 3.0 Credit(s)
Our sense of who we are permeates every part of our lives. Through writing, students will explore how their identities shape their roles in families, cultures, and communities as they navigate and communicate in an ever-evolving world of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Instruction in this course builds on the strategies and techniques learned in other writing classes and extends your repertoire to include non-academic, real-world writing experiences. You'll participate in the Writer's Workshop and bring to the class your works-in-progress, continue to read and learn from the work of professional writers, and apply these critical techniques to writing and revising your work. You'll be expected to develop both as a critic and writer, to participate in classroom discussions and private confabs with the instructor, and to submit a Semester Text (re-named) and Argument Essay/Letter at end of the semester. Prerequisite: Take ENG-252 or ENG-253
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 316 WRITING & EDITING FOR SHU LIT MAGAZINE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to enhance the publishing experience of the student by providing opportunities to work as a writing and editor for the SHU online/digital Literary Magazine. The goals and responsibilities of each of the editors include recruiting material for publication, contacting students (writers, artists, photographers), meeting deadlines for selecting work, selecting materials to publish, copy writing, proofreading through the various stages of the project, layout and design of the editor's assigned section. Prerequisite: Take ENG-253
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ENG 317 WRITING EVERYTHING 3.0 Credit(s)
Genre-centered courses like essay writing and creative writing focus on those defined genres, and instruction is targeted on providing experience and crafting of those areas. This course is designed to offer the student the opportunity to continue to work on writing, and to add other genres to his/her writing toolbox. Instruction in this course will build on the strategies and techniques learned in other writing classes and extend the student's repertoire to include non-academic, real-world writing experiences. The student will participate in the Writer's Workshop and bring to the class his/her works-in-progress; continue to read and learn from the work of professional writers and apply these critical techniques to writing and revising his/her own work. The student will be expected to develop both as a critic and writer, to participate in classroom discussions and private conferences with me, and to submit a portfolio of work at end of the semester. Prerequisite: FYWS-125;
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 350 ADVANCED COMPOSITION 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 354 NATURE WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 356 PLAYWRITING II 3.0 Credit(s)
Students will engage in the process of writing a full-length play. Prerequisite: Take ENG-253, ENG-256
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 359 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 360 HIST & STRUC OF ENGLISH LANG 3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of the major changes in structure, vocabulary, and uses of the language from the earliest times to the present. Explores important aspects of modern linguistic scholarship. Required for secondary education. Usually offered as an independent study for students needing the course as a Connecticut state teaching requirement; see the English Department chair. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 361 LITERARY THEORY 3.0 Credit(s)
An overview of the history and major concepts of critical theory from Nietzsche through Marx, Freud, Lacan, Barthes, Foucault, Kristeva, Cixous, Derrida, Gates, and others. Important schools of thought include the New Criticism, semiotics, phenomenology, structuralism, neo-Marxism, deconstruction, gender studies, African-American criticism, and postcolonialism. Required for all English majors.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 370 MASTERPIECES OF WORLD LIT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 372 ADV. POETRY WRITING II 3.0 Credit(s)
The continuation of EN 371 and intended principally for students enrolled in the poetry track of the Creative Writing minor. The emphasis is on revision of poems in preparation for individual publication and on the shaping of a first collection. Discussion of student work and small-group revision conferences will form the foundation of each class. Additional emphasis on the continuing development of the individual voice and on public readings. Prerequisite: ENG-371
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 373 INDIVIDUAL STUDY: POETRY WRITING 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
An independent writing project, directed by the instructor and intended for advanced students in the poetry track of the Creative Writing minor who will work on a chapbook or full-length collection of poems. The course is also available to advanced students in place of EN 372.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 374 INDIV. STUDY: FICTION WRITING 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
An independent writing project, directed by the instructor and intended for advanced students in the fiction track of the Creative Writing minor who will work on a collection of short stories or write a draft of a full-length novel.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 376 ADV. SHORT STORY WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is intended principally for students in the fiction writing track of the Creative Writing minor. Students in this course will develop mastery in their chosen form-short story or novel. This course enables students to work toward a booklength, publishable manuscript. Students will also learn how to write a query letter and search for markets to publish their work.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 380 INDEPENDENT STUDY 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic to be arranged with an instructor who will direct this work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified English majors on the basis of a written prospectus.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 381 INTERNSHIP 1.0-3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 382 HISTORY OF THEATER 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 387 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed All Years
ENG 390 CAPSTONE 3.0 Credit(s)
ENG 390 is for students in the literature concentration; Prerequisite: Take ENG-210
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 391 CAPSTONE COURSE IN WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
ENG 390 is for students in the literature concentration; ENG 391 is for students in the writing concentration. English majors only (see advisor).
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 396 INTERNSHIP 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG ELEC ENGLISH ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG ELECF ENGLISH FOUNDATIONAL ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG LIT ENGLISH LITERATURE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG WRIT ENGLISH WRITING English Writing 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
AB 101 BEGINNING ARABIC I 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended to give students a foundation in standard Arabic. Students learn to produce Arabic sounds and write its letters. They are taught basic vocabulary, common phrases, and greetings to communicate in various settings. The Arabic world and its differing cultures and dialects are examined.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
AB 102 BEGINNING ARABIC II 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended to give students a foundation in standard Arabic. Students learn to produce Arabic sounds and write its letters. They are taught basic vocabulary, common phrases, and greetings to communicate in various settings. The Arabic world and its differing cultures and dialects are examined. Prerequisite: Take AB 101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CN 101 BEGINNING CHINESE I 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasizes the fundamentals of Chinese. Includes basic grammar, development of comprehension, and expression. Introduction to Chinese characters. Incorporates appreciation of Chinese culture.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CN 102 BEGINNING CHINESE II 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasizes the fundamentals of Chinese. Includes basic grammar, development of comprehension, and expression. Introduction to Chinese characters. Incorporates appreciation of Chinese culture. Prerequisite: TAKE CN-101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 101 BEGINNING FRENCH I 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasis on building communicative competence and oral proficiency. All four skill areas covered including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. An appreciation of French and Francophone cultures integral to course. Multimedia tools (videos and Internet sources) enhance course.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
FR 102 BEGINNING FRENCH II 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasis on building communicative competence and oral proficiency. All four skill areas covered including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. An appreciation of French and Francophone cultures integral to course. Multimedia tools (videos and Internet sources) enhance course. Prerequisite: Take FR-101
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
FR 107 BEGINNING FRENCH LANGUAGE I IN FRANCE 3.0 Credit(s)
Beginning level language courses taken in France. Students placed according to their level. Focus on oral and written expressions. Study of French culture integral to course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 108 BEGINNING FRENCH LANG II IN FRANCE 3.0 Credit(s)
Beginning level language courses taken in France. Students placed according to their level. Focus on oral and written expressions. Study of French culture integral to course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 109 FRENCH FOR THE PROFESSIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
The course introduces students to language skills needed in various professions in France/French-speaking world. Could include business, media, travel, health fields, etc. Survey of various fields or focus on limited number.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 151 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I 3.0 Credit(s)
Continued emphasis on communicative competence and oral proficiency. Review and intensified study of grammar. Readings, vocabulary building, composition, listening comprehension, and conversation. French and Francophone cultures integral to course. Multimedia tools (CDs, Internet sources) enhance course. Prerequisite: Take FR-102 or FR-109 or placement for FR-151
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
FR 152 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II 3.0 Credit(s)
Continued emphasis on communicative competence and oral proficiency. Review and intensified study of grammar. Readings, vocabulary building, composition, listening comprehension, and conversation. French and Francophone cultures integral to course. Multimedia tools (CDs, Internet sources) enhance course. Prerequisite: Take FR-151;
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
FR 157 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH LANG I IN FRANCE 3.0 Credit(s)
Intermediate-level language courses taken in France. Students placed according to their level. Continued development of oral and written expression. Study of French culture integral to course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 158 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH LANG II IN FRANCE 3.0 Credit(s)
Intermediate-level language courses taken in France. Students placed according to their level. Continued development of oral and written expression. Study of French culture integral to course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 201 TOPICS FRENCH LANG. CULT. I 3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to fortify proficiency in the various skill areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) and cultural awareness. Prepares students for upper-division literature and culture classes. Includes complex grammar review and extensive writing in various styles and genres; cultural and literary readings; and oral expression. Audiovisual and/or technological materials incorporated into class. Prerequisite: Take FR-152
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
FR 202 TOPICS FRENCH LANG. CULT. II 3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to fortify proficiency in the various skill areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) and cultural awareness. Prepares students for upper-division literature and culture classes. Includes complex grammar review and extensive writing in various styles and genres; cultural and literary readings; and oral expression. Audiovisual and/or technological materials incorporated into class. Prerequisite: Take FR-152 or FR-201
Offered: As Needed All Years
FR 203 ADV. CONV. & CONTEMP. ISSUES 3.0 Credit(s)
Development of advanced proficiency and communicative competence through discussion of current events and contemporary issues. Varied readings (newspapers, magazines, technological sources) and activities (debates, skits). Prerequisite: Take FR 152 or by placement
FR 204 EXPLORATIONS IN FRENCH FILM 3.0 Credit(s)
Key films in French Cinema. Depending on semester, either overview of tradition or focus on particular period/movement. Cultural and historical contexts of films. Improvement in critical and linguistic skills. Prerequisite: TAKE FR-152 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 251 EARLY FRENCH WRITERS 3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of representative literary texts from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century. Discussion of historical and cultural context. Several literary genres (novel, poetry, drama, etc.) treated. Critical techniques introduced. Taught in French. Prerequisite: Pre: FR-201 or FR-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 252 FRENCH WRITERS THEN AND NOW 3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of representative literary texts from the eighteenth century to the present. Discussion of historical and cultural context. Both canonical and lesser-known works in several literary genres (novel, poetry, drama, autobiography, etc.) treated. Critical techniques introduced. Taught in French. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 280 FRENCH CIVILIZATION CULTURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Promotes understanding of the history and culture of the French with emphasis on arts, politics, language, thought, and lifestyle. Readings, films, the visual arts, and music are incorporated. Audiovisual and/or technological materials incorporated into class. Taught in French. Prerequisite: Take FR 201 and FR 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 281 FRANCOPHONE CIVILIZ. & CULTURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Promotes understanding of Francophone peoples through their histories, cultures, politics, religious beliefs, and lifestyles. Readings, films, the visual arts, and music are incorporated. Taught in French. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 282 BUSINESS FRENCH 3.0 Credit(s)
Focuses on commercial French style and cultural aspects of business life in France and the Francophone world. Emphasis on commercial vocabulary and idioms most used in business situations. Taught in French. Prerequisite: Take FR-151
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 283 FRANCO-ITALIAN CONNECTIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Comparative course focusing on historical and cultural connections and contrasts between France and Italy. May treat particular period (war years, contemporary times). Can include literature, film, music, and the visual arts. Taught in English with language-specific assignments for foreign language students. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 OR FR-202 ;
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 299 SPECIAL TOPICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that may or may not become part of the department's permanent offerings. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 315 PARIS 3.0 Credit(s)
Focuses on culture of Paris through art, history, literature, music, film, and popular culture. May treat particular period (Paris during the Revolution, contemporary Paris). May include issues such as Paris as cultural center, expatriates in Paris, and the future of the city. Taught in French. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 316 QUEBEC 3.0 Credit(s)
Focuses on Quebec region in its historical and cultural contexts. Includes issues such as national identity, language, and the relationship to France. Taught in French. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 353 TOPICS-FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE FILM 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Study of particular film directors, movements (Poetic Realism, New Wave), periods, and genres. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 369 TOPICS IN FRENCH/FRANCO CULTURE 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Content varies, Study of particular periods (French Revolution), locations, movements, and representative individulas (politicians, artists). Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 371 LITER TRAVELERS,EXILES,EXPATS 3.0 Credit(s)
Treats literary representations of travel, exile, and expatriation. Emphasis on works in a variety of genres including novel, autobiography, and letters. Issues include life abroad and life in exile, bicultural and multicultural identity, displacement and subjectivity, bilingualism, and confrontations with foreign cultures. May treat specific period. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 372 WOMEN WRITERS 3.0 Credit(s)
Treats literary works by French and Francophone women in a variety of genres including novel, autobiography, drama, poetry, and letters. Discussion of feminist literary criticism and theory. May treat specific period. Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 379 TOPICS IN FRENCH/FRANCO LIT. 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Study of particular authors, movements (surrealism), periods, and genres (novel, drama). Prerequisite: Take FR-201 or FR-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN FRENCH 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on special topic to be arranged with instructor who directs work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified students in French on basis of written prospectus. By special arrangement.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
FR ELEC FRENCH ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
FR ELECF FRENCH FOUNDATIONAL ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
GL 107 BEGINNING IRISH I 3.0 Credit(s)
This course sequence will introduce students to the Irish Language with an emphasis on developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at a basic level. Students will gain exposure to a broad range of Irish vocabulary, grammar patterns, and major tenses. Finally, through this introduction to the Irish language students will be exposed to Irish culture and history.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
GL 108 BEGINNING IRISH II 3.0 Credit(s)
This course sequence will introduce students to the Irish Language with an emphasis on developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at a basic level. Students will gain exposure to a broad range of Irish vocabulary, grammar patterns, and major tenses. Finally, through this introduction to the Irish language students will be exposed to Irish culture and history. Prerequisite: Take GL-107 or by placement
IT 101 BEGINNING ITALIAN I 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasis on building communicative competence and oral proficiency. All four skill areas are covered including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. An appreciation of Italian culture is integral to the course. Multimedia tools (videos and Internet sources) enhance course.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
IT 102 BEGINNING ITALIAN II 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasis on building communicative competence and oral proficiency. All four skill areas are covered including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. An appreciation of Italian culture is integral to the course. Multimedia tools (videos and Internet sources) enhance course. Prerequisite: Take IT 101 or by placement
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
IT 103 ADVANCED BEGINNING ITALIAN I 3.0 Credit(s)
Beginning-level review for students with some background in Italian. Emphasis on building communicative competence and oral proficiency. All four skill areas are covered including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. An appreciation of Italian culture is integral to the course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 104 ADVANCED BEGINNING ITALIAN II 3.0 Credit(s)
Beginning-level review for students with some background in Italian. Emphasis on building communicative competence and oral proficiency. All four skill areas are covered including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. An appreciation of Italian culture is integral to the course. Prerequisite: TAKE IT-103 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 107 BEG.ITALIAN LANG. & CULTURE IN ITALY I 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Beginning-level language courses taken in Italy. Students placed according to their level. Focus on oral and written expression. Study of Italian culture integral to the course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 108 BEG. ITALIAN LANG.IN ITALY II 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Beginning-level language courses taken in Italy. Students placed according to their level. Focus on oral and written expression. Study of Italian culture integral to the course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 151 INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I 3.0 Credit(s)
Continued emphasis on communicative competence and oral proficiency. Review and intensified study of grammar. Readings, vocabulary building, composition, listening comprehension, and conversation. Italian culture integral to course. Multimedia tools (videos and Internet sources) enhance course. Prerequisite: Take IT-102 or IT 012 or by placement
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
IT 152 INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II 3.0 Credit(s)
Continued emphasis on communicative competence and oral proficiency. Review and intensified study of grammar. Readings, vocabulary building, composition, listening comprehension, and conversation. Italian culture integral to course. Multimedia tools (videos and Internet sources) enhance course. Prerequisite: Take IT-151 or by placement
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
IT 157 INTER.ITALIAN LANG.IN ITALY I 3.0 Credit(s)
Intermediate-level language courses taken in Italy. Students placed according to their level. Continued development of oral and written expression. Study of Italian culture integral to the course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 158 INTER.ITALIAN LANG./ ITALY II 3.0 Credit(s)
Intermediate-level language courses taken in Italy. Students placed according to their level. Continued development of oral and written expression. Study of Italian culture integral to the course.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 201 TOPICS ITALIAN LANG. CULT. I 3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to fortify proficiency in the various skill areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) and cultural awareness. Prepares students for upper-division literature and culture classes. Includes complex grammar review and extensive writing in various styles and genres; cultural and literary readings; and oral expression. Audiovisual and/or technological materials incorporated into class. Prerequisite: IT-152 OR IT-052 or by placement
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
IT 202 TOPICS ITALIAN LANG. CULT. II 3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to fortify proficiency in the various skill areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) and cultural awareness. Prepares students for upper-division literature and culture classes. Includes complex grammar review and extensive writing in various styles and genres; cultural and literary readings; and oral expression. Audiovisual and/or technological materials incorporated into class. Prerequisite: Take IT-201 or IT 152 or by placement
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
IT 203 ADV CONV & CONTEM. ISSUES 3.0 Credit(s)
Development of advanced proficiency and communicative competence through discussion of current events and contemporary issues. Varied readings (newspapers, magazines, technological sources) and activities (debates, skits). Prerequisite: Take IT 152 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 204 EXPLORATIONS IN ITALIAN FILM 3.0 Credit(s)
Key films in Italian cinema. Depending on semester, either overview of tradition or focus on particular period/movement. Cultural and historical contexts of films. Improvement in critical and linguistic skills. Prerequisite: Take IT-152 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 215 ITALIAN READINGS & DISCUSSION 3.0 Credit(s)
Readings and topics vary by semester. Diverse class activities enhance skills. Prerequisite: Take IT-152 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 251 EARLY ITALIAN WRITERS 3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of representative literary texts from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century. Discussion of historical and cultural context. Several literary genres (novel, poetry, drama, etc.) treated. Critical techniques introduced. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: Take IT-201 or IT-202 or placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 252 ITALIAN WRITERS THEN AND NOW 3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of representative literary texts from the eighteenth century to the present. Discussion of historical and cultural context. Both canonical and lesser-known works in several literary genres (novel, poetry, drama, autobiography, etc.). Critical techniques introduced. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: Take IT 201 or IT 202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 280 ITALIAN CIVILIZATION & CULTURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Promotes understanding of the history and culture of Italians with emphasis on the arts, politics, language, thought, and lifestyle. Readings, films, the visual arts, and music are incorporated. Audiovisual and/or technological materials incorporated into class. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: Take IT 201 or IT 202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 283 FRANCO-ITALIAN CONNECTIONS 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Comparative course focusing on historical and cultural connections and contrasts between France and Italy. May treat particular period (war years, contemporary times). Can include literature, film, music, and the visual arts. Taught in English with language-specific assignments for foreign language students. Prerequisite: Take IT-201 OR IT-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 290 THE ITALIAN SHORT STORY 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussion of short story tradition in Italian literature. Stories by canonical authors and writers new to literary scene. Focus on literary technique and historical and cultural context of stories. Prerequisite: TAKE IT-201 or IT-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 299 SPECIAL TOPICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that may or may not become part of the department's permanent offerings. Prerequisite: Take IT-201 or IT-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 353 TOPICS IN ITALIAN FILM 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Study of particular film directors, movements (Neorealism), periods, and genres. Prerequisite: Take IT-201 or IT-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 369 TOPICS IN ITALIAN CULTURE 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Study of particular periods (Risorgimento), locations, movements (fascism), and representative individuals. Prerequisite: Take IT 201 or IT 202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 371 LITER TRAVELERS,EXILES,EXPATS 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Treats literary representations of travel, exile, and expatriation. Emphasis on works in a variety of genres including novel, autobiography, and letters. Issues include life abroad and life in exile, bicultural and multicultural identity, displacement and subjectivity, bilingualism, and confrontations with foreign cultures. May treat specific period. Prerequisite: Take IT-201 or IT-202 or placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 372 WOMEN WRITERS 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Treats literary works by Italian women in a variety of genres including novel, autobiography, drama, poetry, and letters. Discussion of feminist literary criticism and theory. May treat specific period. Prerequisite: Take IT-201 or IT-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 374 TOPICS IN ITALIAN LITERATURE 3.0-4.0 Credit(s)
Content varies. Study of particular authors, movements, periods, and genres (short story, drama). Prerequisite: Take IT-201 or IT-202 or placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 380 DANTE & THE ITALIAN LITERARY TRADITION 3.0 Credit(s)
An advanced literature course focusing on Dante Alighieri's Commedia, in particular the Inferno. Also treats Dante's influence on the Italian literary tradition through contemporary times. Prerequisite: Take IT 202 or IT 201 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ITALIAN 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic to be arranged with instructor who directs this work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified students in Italian on basis of written prospectus. By special arrangement.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
IT ELEC ITALIAN ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
IT ELECF ITALIAN FOUNDATIONAL ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
JP 101 BEGINNING JAPANESE I 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. An introduction to modern Japanese pronunciation, drills, grammar, and conversation practice with an introduction to the hiragana and katakana writing system. Incorporates an appreciation of Japanese culture.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
JP 102 BEGINNING JAPANESE II 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. An introduction to modern Japanese pronunciation, drills, grammar, and conversation practice with an introduction to the hiragana and katakana writing system. Incorporates an appreciation of Japanese culture. Prerequisite: TAKE JP-101 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
LT 101 BEGINNING LATIN I 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasizes fundamentals of Latin. Includes basic grammar, development of comprehension, and expression. Short readings and cultural background incorporated into sequence.
LT 102 BEGINNING LATIN II 3.0 Credit(s)
Intended for beginning-level students. Emphasizes fundamentals of Latin. Includes basic grammar, development of comprehension, and expression. Short readings and cultural background incorporated into sequence. Prerequisite: TAKE LT-101
LT ELEC LATIN ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
SP 101 BEGINNING SPANISH I 3.0 Credit(s)
For students with no previous Spanish education. Basic grammar patterns oral practice, reading, and writing are studied. Placement by department.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SP 102 BEGINNING SPANISH II 3.0 Credit(s)
For students with no previous Spanish education. Basic grammar patterns oral practice, reading, and writing are studied. Placement by department. Prerequisite: TAKE SP-101
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SP 103 ADVANCED BEGINNING SPANISH I 3.0 Credit(s)
For students with some knowledge of Spanish (one or two years of high school and not native speakers). Courses review basic grammar patterns. Extensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish. Placement by department.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SP 104 ADVANCED BEGINNING SPANISH II 3.0 Credit(s)
For students with some knowledge of Spanish (one or two years of high school and not native speakers). Courses review basic grammar patterns. Extensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish. Placement by department. Prerequisite: Take SP 103
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SP 107 BUSINESS SPANISH 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of the Spanish language tailored to practical use in the business world. Offered at the beginners level.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 109 BEGINNING SPANISH FOR HEALTH PROFESSION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will introduce students to the Spanish language with an emphasis on developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at a basic level with vocabulary and content related to the medical field and other health professions. The course will provide the necessary language skills to deal with general examination, symptoms, and prognosis and will also explore diverse Spanish-speaking cultures through a variety of materials and their role in health idioms and phraseology.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SP 110 Beginners Medical Spanish 2.0 Credit(s)
This course will introduce students to the Spanish language with an emphasis on developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at a basic level with vocabulary and content related to the medical field.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 151 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I 3.0 Credit(s)
Review of and expanded study of Spanish grammar to consolidate what has been acquired previously. Extensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish enables students to function in a Spanish-speaking environment. Prerequisite: SP-102 or SP-104 or by Placement
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SP 152 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II 3.0 Credit(s)
Review of and expanded study of Spanish grammar to consolidate what has been acquired previously. Extensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish enables students to function in a Spanish-speaking environment. Prerequisite: SP 151 or by Placement
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SP 153 INTERMEDIATE MEDICAL SPANISH 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces essential medical vocabulary and grammatical structures, addressing the needs of today's student and medical professionals requiring a working knowledge of Spanish. Prerequisite: Take SP-102
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 201 ADV SPAN COMPOSITION & GRAMMAR I 3.0 Credit(s)
Focus on most challenging aspects of grammar such as imperfect/preterite or the use of the subjunctive and writing controlled compositions based on selections previously read and discussed. Prerequisite: Take SP-152 or SP 211 or SP-212 or by placement
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SP 202 ADVANCED SPANISH COMP & GRAMMAR II 3.0 Credit(s)
A continuation of the SP 201 course: the further study of more complex grammar, and formal writing.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SP 211 CONVERSATION SPANISH I 3.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis on intensive oral practice, short speeches, and group discussions. Prerequisite: Take SP-152 or SP-201 or SP-202
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SP 212 CONVERSATION II 3.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis on intensive oral practice, short speeches, and group discussions. Prerequisite: SP-211 or by Placement
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SP 215 SPANISH READINGS & DISCUSS. I 3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to improve reading ability and self-expression through readings chosen from Spanish authors, newspapers, and magazines. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 and SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 216 SPANISH READINGS & DISCUSS. II 3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to improve reading ability and self-expression through readings chosen from Spanish authors, newspapers, and magazines. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 241 SPANISH PHONETICS/PHONOLOGY 3.0 Credit(s)
A study of the sounds of the language. Recommended for all Spanish majors and those who expect to teach Spanish. Prerequisite: SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 251 SPANISH LITERATURE I 3.0 Credit(s)
Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Oral and written reports are required. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 252 SPANISH LITERATURE II 3.0 Credit(s)
Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Oral and written reports are required. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 255 ESSAY IN SPAIN & SPAN. AMERICA 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 258 NINETEENTH CENTURY NOVEL 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of the novel in Nineteenth Century Spain. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 259 SPEC.TOPICS IN LIT.OF SPAIN 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: TAKE SP-201 AND SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 261 MASTERPIECES OF SPAN/AM LIT I 3.0 Credit(s)
Latin-American literature from the colonial period to the present. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 262 MASTERPIECES OF SPAN/AM LIT II 3.0 Credit(s)
Latin-American literature from the colonial period to the present. Prerequisite: Take SP 202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 263 SPECIAL TOPICS:LATIN AMERICAN LITERATUR 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 264 METH.OF TEACHING SPANISH-SEC 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 265 SPEC. TOP. IN LATIN AMER. LIT 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 267 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CARIBBEAN LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers works of literature from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean area in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. They include the novel, short stories, and poetry, and also come from the three primary Spanish-speaking nations of the Caribbean: Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic (and, by extension, their migrant communities in the United States). Prerequisite: TAKE SP-201 AND SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 268 LATIN AMER. LIT,POETRY&MUSIC 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 269 FILM AND HISPANIC LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will study cultural and historical events through the representations of authors and filmmakers. Readings will contextualize the audiovisual works that undermine cultural elitism and denounce social injustice. Prerequisite: TAKE SP-201, SP-202 OR DEPT PERMISSION
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 280 HISPANIC CIVILIZATION-SPAIN 3.0 Credit(s)
History and culture of the Spanish people from their origins to the present day with emphasis on their arts, thought, and lifestyle. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 281 HISPANIC CIVIL/SPAN. AMER. 3.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis on understanding the Spanish-American people through the different periods of their history and their reactions to political, religious, and economic problems. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 282 PUERTO RICO: LANGUAGE/CULTURE 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 283 THE HISPANIC CARIBBEAN 3.0 Credit(s)
A comprehensive study of the main historical and cultural development of the Caribbean world. Prerequisite: Take SP-202;
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 284 EL DICTADOR EN LA NOVELA HISP. 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 285 SPANISH AMER. NOVEL-20TH CENT. 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 291 BI-LINGUAL METHODS 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 299 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH 3.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that may or may not become part of the department's permanent offerings. Prerequisite: TAKE SP-201 SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 315 CONVERSATION-CONTEMP. ISSUES I 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 316 CONVERSATION-CONTEMP.ISSUES II 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 319 LATIN AM HIS & POLITICS THROUGH CINEMA 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 320 CONTEM.ISSUES LATIN AMERICA 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world. Prerequisite: TAKE SP-201 AND SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 341 CONTRAST LINGUISTICS:SPAN-ENGL 3.0 Credit(s)
Teaches the relationship between linguistics and the learning of a new language. Prerequisite: Take SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 353 SPANISH GOLDEN AGE LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers various works of literature (prose, theatre, and lyric poetry) from Golden Age Spain, which spans the 16th and 17th Centuries. This time period encompasses the artistic and literary periods known more commonly as the Renaissance and Baroque. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 354 GENDER/CLASS IN SPANISH FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to issues regarding gender roles and social class within modern Spanish prose fiction, primarily from the 20th Century. Prerequisite: Take SP-202
SP 356 LOVE & POWER IN SPANISH LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of literature from Spain, from various time periods and covering different genres, exploring the intersection of love and power. Prerequisite: SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 359 20TH CENTURY SPANISH PROSE NARRATIVE 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of modern prose literature from Spain, in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Prerequisite: TAKE SP-201 AND SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 360 WOMEN IN 20TH CENT./SP/AM/LIT 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of modern women's literature in Latin America.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 361 SPANISH AMERICAN FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
Varied topics in the study of prose fiction from Latin America.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 363 Self & Soc in 20th Century Latin Am Lit 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers works of literature spanning Latin America in the Twentieth Century, including novels, essays, and poetry. Various topics will be covered, for example politics, personal and collective identity, social class, social upheaval and mass conflicts, and psychology. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 and SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 365 MODERN MEXICAN LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers various prose works (novels, short stories, and nonfiction essays) from Twentieth Century Mexico, covering themes such as social class, gender roles, political and social upheaval, and relations with the United States, among others. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 381 PUERTO RICO AND THE CARRIBEAN 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of Puerto Rico, its culture and history, viewed within the wider Caribbean context.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 382 CULTURES OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN 3.0 Credit(s)
A study of the three cultures and religious traditions comprising Medieval Spain, from the fall of the Roman Empire to 1492: Christian, Moorish (Arab), and Jewish. Varied readings as well as written assignments, oral presentations, and class discussions are required. Prerequisite: TAKE SP-201 AND SP-202ýOr Permission of Department
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 385 SOCIETY OF GOLDEN AGE SPAIN 3.0 Credit(s)
A comprehensive study of the society and culture of Golden Age Spain (1500-1700). Varied readings from different historical and cultural perspectives are required, along with written assignments, class discussion, and oral presentations.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 396 INTERNSHIP 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is offered when the student undertakes an approved internship (such as teaching in an area school or working in business)involving the use of Spanish.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 397 SPANISH MAJOR PORTFOLIO 1.0 Credit(s)
This course is a one-credit senior capstone experience which assesses the aggregate quality of a student's writing and speaking abilities as seen throughout the entire major. Students must save their work from several years' worth of major classes and, within the parameters of the portfolio's requirements, upload their work to an online portfolio site. To be offered and taken during student's senior/final year.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SP 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN SPANISH 3.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic to be arranged with instructor who directs this work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified students in Spanish on basis of written prospectus. By special arrangement.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP ELEC SPANISH ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
SP ELECF SPANISH FOUNDATIONAL ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP ELECTF SPANISH FOUNDATIONAL ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department