Consult the Course Schedule of Classes for information on course offerings each semester.

ENGLISH (ENGL)

ENGL 108 (3-3-0) English Grammar and Usage: This course is designed to provide students with awareness of and expertise in using the varieties and grammatical structures of present-day English, including standard varieties and actual varieties, with emphasis on written English. Placement in this course is based on profile scores. This course may serve as a University College restricted elective.

ENGL 110 (3-3-0) English Composition I: A course designed to give extensive practice in the writing process, with emphasis on expository forms appropriate to everyday personal, business, and academic writing.

ENGL 120 (3-3-0) English Composition II: A course that continues practice in the composing process, with emphasis on argumentation and research. The course involves gathering, analyzing, and documenting information from
secondary sources. Prerequisite: ENGL110.

ENGL 211 (3-3-0) World Literature I: A study of major works of the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, focusing on representative genres. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 212 (3-3-0) World Literature II: A comparative study of major works of the Enlightenment, the Romantic Age, the period of Realism and Naturalism, and the Modern World. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.
212 – Course Descriptions

ENGL 220 (3-3-0) African-American Literature I: An historical and critical exploration of African American writers’ contributions to American fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, beginning with writers of the 1700s and continuing
through 1900. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 222 (3-3-0) A History of the English Language: An historical study of the nature of the language from its beginnings to the present. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 223 (3-3-0) African-American Literature II: A continuation of an historical and critical exploration of African American writers’ contributions to American fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, beginning with the 1900s and
proceeding to the present. Prerequisites: ENGL110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 230 (3-3-0) An Introduction to Linguistics: An introduction to the inductive method of studying language, exploring the phonological, morphological, and syntactical aspects of language, dialectical variations, graphemics, sound, spelling, linguistic changes, bilingualism, field linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, uses of linguistics, and related topics. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 231 (3-3-0) Advanced Grammar: A reinforcement of students’ skills in grammatical analysis, focusing on the major theories of grammar and on the study of language acquisition in light of current research. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 240 (3-3-0) Introduction to Literature: An introduction to the major genres of literature, with intensive work in developing the critical skills of reading evaluating, and interpreting literary works and in writing critical papers about
literature. Available as a humanities option to students not majoring in English. Requirement for B.A. English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and 120.

ENGL 250 (3-3-0) Women In Literature: This course examines the roles of women in literature as characters readers, and writers. Included in the readings are short stories, novels, novellas, essays, poetry, and drama, all by women and
about women. The course will provide a historical overview of women’s writing and will focus on the challenges of women writing, the creation and treatment of women’s lives in literature, the form and content of women’s writing, and
the literary and feminist theories that discuss women’s place in history and society by investigating the evolving conditions of women. Also the course examines how women represent themselves and what their expectations and
hopes are for their own and daughters’ futures.

ENGL 253 (3-3-0) Images of Women: This course introduces students to traditional and nontraditional images of women as they have appeared in film, music, art, and literature of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.
This course will encourage students to interrogate images of women in the popular culture of the present day.

ENGL 271 (3-3-0) Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism: This course will introduce students to contemporary trends in literary theory and criticism against the historical background, which contemporary theory is often a reaction against.

ENGL 300 (3-3-0) Children’s Literature: An introduction to works of children’s literature from a variety of ethnic origins and genres including folklore, myths, epics, biographies, fiction, poetry, and informational books. Prerequisites:
ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 301 (3-3-0) Adolescent Literature: A study of literature for and about the adolescent, examining reading programs and approaches to literature genres and modes characteristic of the literature, and essential elements of literary
works for the adolescent. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Course offered in the Spring Semester.

ENGL 310 (3-3-0) Introduction to Folklore: An introduction to the forms, aesthetic characteristics, and social contents of oral literatures and folk traditions, folktales, legends, myths, folksongs, proverbs, riddles, customs, and
beliefs. Prerequisites: Any one of the following: ENGL 211, ENGL 223, or ENGL 240. Course offered as needed.

ENGL 311 (3-3-0) English Literature I: A survey of the literature of England from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisites: ENGL 223, or ENGL 240.

ENGL 312 (3-3-0) English Literature II: A continuation of the survey of English literature, extending from the Romantic period to the present. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisites: ENGL 223, or ENGL 240.

ENGL 320 (3-3-0) The Renaissance: A study of the prose and poetry of representative authors of the Renaissance, including dramatists other than Shakespeare. Prerequisite: ENGL 311. Elective offered as needed.

ENGL 321 (3-3-0) American Literature I: A survey of the major writers of America from the earliest efforts at colonization through the Civil War. Prerequisite: ENGL 223 or ENGL 240.

ENGL 322 (3-3-0) American Literature II: A survey of the major writers of America from the Civil War to the present. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 223 or ENGL 240.

ENGL 323 (3-3-0) Literature of the Bible: A literary overview of the Bible, with major emphases on the stylistic and formal influences of the Bible in world literature. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120. Course offered as needed.

ENGL 330 (3-3-0) The Seventeenth Century: A survey of the metaphysical poets. Prerequisite: ENGL 311. Course offered as needed.

ENGL 331 (3-3-0) American English Dialects: A study of dialectical variations in American English, emphasizing the reasons for historical, regional, and social variations in American English. Prerequisite: ENGL 231 or consent of the Chairman Department of English. Course offered as needed.

ENGL 332 (3-3-0) Introduction to Film and Visual Literacy: This course will introduce students to basic concepts in film and other visual media such as video and Internet imaging. The course introduces students to formal vocabulary
and methodology for developing the ability to consider visual texts critically. Through understanding and application of the basic concepts of film language, students will learn how elements such as editing, lighting, and composition within the frame, cinematography, and sound combine to constitute filmic discourse. In order to understand development in these categories, consideration will be given to film history.

ENGL 340 (3-3-0) Short Prose Fiction: A study of representative modern British, American, and continental writers of the short story and the short novel, with emphasis upon the techniques of the genre. Course offered as needed.

ENGL 341 (3-3-0) Advanced Composition: A study of rhetorical strategies, sentence combining, editing, logic and persuasion, diction, usage, and research methods. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120.

ENGL 342 (3-3-0) Creative Writing: An introduction to various forms of modern fiction and poetry, with opportunities for the creation of original poetry and fiction. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120. Course offered as needed.

ENGL 343 (3-3-0) The Teaching and Tutoring of Writing: A study of composition as a discipline and current issues in the field of teaching and tutoring writing in secondary school English classes. This course emphasizes the teaching strategies for high school English composition.

ENGL 350 (3-3-0) Modern Poetry: A study of British and American poetry from Whitman, Dickinson, and Hardy to the present, with emphasis on the major poets of the twentieth century. Prerequisite: ENGL 223 or ENGL 240. Course
offered as needed.

ENGL 360 (3-3-0) Modern Drama: A survey of works of major playwrights from lbsen and Strindberg to contemporaries such as Pinter and Stoppard. Prerequisite: ENGL 221 or ENGL 240. Course offered as needed.

ENGL 370 (3-3-0) Junior Seminar: Directed study on special topics in English conducted by members of the department. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Course offered during Spring Semester.

ENGL 401 (3-3-0) Chaucer: A course on The Canterbury Tales and on other works selected from the Chaucer canon, with consideration of literary, social, religious and philosophical backgrounds of the time. Prerequisite: ENGL 311. Course offered as needed.
 
ENGL 411 (3-3-0) Shakespeare: A study of selected major Shakespearean dramas, including comedies, histories, and tragedies, and of Shakespeare’s development as a dramatist. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 311. Course offered during Fall Semester.

ENGL 412 (3-3-0) The Eighteenth Century: A survey of the major English writers from the Restoration - the age of Dryden, of Pope, and of Johnson to the beginning of Romanticism and a study of the rise of the English novel in the
eighteenth century. Prerequisite: ENGL 311. Course offered during Fall Semester.

ENGL 431 (3-3-0) The American Novel: A study of the development of the American novel to the 1970s, with emphasis on selected major writers. Prerequisites: ENGL 321 and ENGL 322.

ENGL 432 (3-3-0) Romantic Poetry and Prose: A study of the major British Romantics, with an examination of representative works by Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats in their cultural and critical contexts.
Prerequisite: ENGL 312. Course offered during Spring Semester.

ENGL 470 (3-3-0) Senior Seminar: Directed study on special topics in English conducted by members of the Department. Prerequisite: Senior standing. Requirement for all English majors. Course offered during Fall and Spring
Semesters.

ENGL 480 (3-1-3) Internship: Supervised practical experience in a professional setting. Prerequisite: Senior standing. Optional for those seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES (FORL)

FORL 210 (3-3-0) Foreign Language I: This course is an introduction to a designated foreign language, and is intended for students with no prior knowledge of the language and culture it represents. Emphasis will be placed on the basic language skills (comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing) and culture. Course may be repeated for credit for different languages.

FORL 220 (3-3-0) Foreign Language II: This course is a continuation of FORL 210. FORL 220 will continue to improve on the language and cultural knowledge and skills acquired in FORL 210 with emphasis on comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as pragmatics. Prerequisite: FORL 210 in the same language, or consent of Instructor.

FRENCH (FREN)

FREN 110 (3-3-0) Elementary French I: An introduction to the language, literature, and culture of French-speaking peoples, with emphasis on the basic language skills. Laboratory practice required.

FREN 111 (3-3-0) Elementary French (Honors): An introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Frenchspeaking peoples, with treatment in greater breadth and depth than in French 110. Laboratory practice required. Admission based upon an entrance examination, previous study, and other relevant experiences.

FREN 120 (3-3-0) Elementary French II: A continuation of studies in the language, literature, and culture of Frenchspeaking peoples begun in FREN 110, including further development of the basic language skills, with special attention
to improving oral language skills. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: FREN 110 or placement examination.

FREN 121 (3-3-0) Elementary French II (Honors): A continuation of honors studies in the language, literature, and culture of French-speaking peoples begun in FREN 111, including further development of the basic language skills, with special emphasis on increasing proficiency in oral language skills. Laboratory practice required. Admission based upon an entrance examination, previous study, and other relevant experiences.

FREN 211 (3-3-0) Intermediate French I: Intermediate level studies of the language, literature, and culture of Frenchspeaking peoples, including further development of the basic language skills, with increased emphasis on reading
comprehension and writing in French. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: FREN 120 or placement examination.

FREN 212 (3-3-0) Intermediate French II: A continuation of intermediate level studies of the language, literature, and culture of French-speaking peoples, including further development of the basic language skills, with special
emphasis on idiomatic usages and complex grammatical structures. Laboratory experience required. Prerequisite: FREN 211 or placement examination.

FREN 311 (3-3-0) French Conversation I: A course focusing on increasing fluency in conversational French.  Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: FREN 212 or placement examination.

FREN 312 (3-3-0) French Conversation II: Conversation and Composition: A course focusing on developing the level of proficiency in the basic language skills necessary to complete advanced courses taught exclusively in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 311 or placement examination.

FREN 321 (3-3-0) French Civilization and Culture: A study of the civilization, culture, and history of Frenchspeaking peoples, with attention given to the life, customs, philosophy, art, music, and general patterns of culture. Taught exclusively in French. Prerequisite: FREN 212 or consent of instructor.

FREN 322 (3-3-0) Survey of French Literature I: A study of representative French literary works from earliest times to 1800. Taught exclusively in French. Prerequisite: FREN 321 or consent of instructor.

FREN 331 (3-3-0) Survey of French Literature II: A study of representative French literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Taught exclusively in French. Prerequisite: FREN 321 or consent of instructor.

SPANISH (SPAN)

SPAN 110 (3-3-0) Elementary Spanish I: An introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking peoples, with emphasis on the basic language skills. Laboratory practice required.

SPAN 111 (3-3-0) Elementary Spanish I (Honors): An introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking peoples, with treatment in greater breadth and depth than in Spanish 110. Laboratory practice required. Admission based upon an entrance examination, previous study, and other relevant experiences.

SPAN 120 (3-3-0) Elementary Spanish II: A continuation of studies in the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking peoples begun in SPAN 110, including further development of the basic language skills, with special
attention to improving oral language skills. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: SPAN 110 or placement examination.

SPAN 121 (3-3-0) Elementary Spanish II (Honors): A continuation of honors studies in the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking peoples begun in SPAN 111, including further development of the basic language skills, with special emphasis on increasing proficiency in oral language skills. Laboratory practice required. Admission based upon an entrance examination, previous study, and other relevant experience.

SPAN 211 (3-3-0) Intermediate Spanish I: Intermediate level studies of the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking peoples, including further development of the basic language skills, with increased emphasis on reading comprehension and writing in Spanish. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: SPAN 120 or placement examination.

SPAN 212 (3-3-0) Intermediate Spanish II: A continuation of intermediate level studies of the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking peoples, including further development of the basic language skills, with special emphasis on idiomatic usages and complex grammatical structures. Laboratory experience required. Prerequisite: SPAN 211 or placement examination.

SPAN 300 (3-3-0) Spanish for Business: An intermediate Spanish course focusing on developing communicative (oral and written) skills applicable to business in Hispanic contexts. Prerequisite: SPAN 212 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 311 (3-3-0) Reading and Conversation in Spanish: A course focusing on increasing fluency in conversational Spanish. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite : SPAN 212 or placement examination.

SPAN 312 (3-3-0) Spanish Conversation and Composition: A course focusing on developing the level of proficiency in the basic language skills necessary to complete advanced courses taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 311or placement examination.

SPAN 321 (3-3-0) Spanish Civilization and Culture: A study of the civilization, culture, and history of Spain, with attention to the life, customs, philosophy, art, music, and general patterns of culture of the Spanish people. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 312 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 322 (3-3-0) Spanish-American Civilization and Culture: A study of the civilization, culture, and history of Spanish-America, with attention to the life, customs, philosophy, art, music, and general patterns of culture of Spanish
American peoples. Prerequisite: SPAN 312 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 331 (3-3-0) Survey of Spanish Literature I: A study of representative Spanish literary works from earliest times to 1700. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 321 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 332 (3-3-0) Survey of Spanish Literature II: A study of representative Spanish literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 321 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 341 (3-3-0) Survey of Spanish-American Literature I: A survey of Spanish-American literature in the context of historical and social backgrounds, covering the period from colonilization to independence. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 322 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 342 (3-3-0) Survey of Spanish-American Literature II: A continuation of the survey of Spanish-American literature in the context of historical and social backgrounds, spanning the period from independence to the present. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 322 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 411 (3-3-0) The Nineteenth Century Spanish Novel: A study of Spanish novels from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including works by Galdos, Pereda, Blasco-lbanez, and Pedro de Alcarcon, with attention to the historical and cultural contexts of the readings. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 331 or SPAN 332 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 420 (3-3-0) Introduction to Spanish Linguistics I: Phonetics and Phonology: A descriptive and comparative study of the Spanish language and its varieties in Spain and Latin America focusing on the phonetic and phonological components, while establishing contrasts with respective counterparts in the English language, and related pedagogical implications. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 312 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 421 (3-3-0) Introduction to Spanish Linguistics II: Morphology, Syntax and Semantics: A comparative study of the morphological, syntactic, and semantic components of the Spanish language while establishing contrasts with respective counterparts in the English language, and related pedagogical implications. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 312 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 431 (3-3-0) Drama of the Golden Age: A study of the works of Spain’s leading dramatists of the Golden Age: Lope de Vega, Calderon, Tirso de Molina, and Juan Ruiz de Alarcon. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN
331 or SPAN 332 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 441 (3-3-0) Cervantes: A study of Cervantes, with analytical reading of Don Quixote and of selected Novelas Ejemplares. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisites: SPAN 331 or 332 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 451 (3-3-0) Contemporary Spanish Literature: A study of major literary works in Spanish, from the Generation of 1898 to the present, with attention to literary trends and cultural influences that contributed to the shaping of the literature. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 331 or 332 or consent of the instructor.

SPAN 461 (3-3-0) Studies in Latin American Theater and Poetry: A study of the developments in Latin American drama and poetry, with emphasis on changes occurring in the literature during the twentieth century. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or 342 or consent of instructor.

SPAN 471 (3-3-0) Studies in Latin American Prose Fiction: A study of representative twentieth century novels and short stories by Latin American writers. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or 342 or consent of instructor.

SPAN-481 (3-3-0) Seminar: Critical analysis of specific topics including Hispanic culture and/or Spanish literature and/or Spanish linguistics. Taught exclusively in Spanish. Prerequisite: Completion of all 400-level courses required and the consent of instructor(s).