Composition and Literature Seminar, recommended for all first year students, designed to cultivate through intensive study of a limited body of subject matter, the ability to understand and write about literature. A variety of subjects is offered each year. Students should complete ENG 111 in their first year. American Survey Development of American literature from its beginnings to the twentieth century.
Emphasis is both textual and historical.
English Survey I Development of English literature from Chaucer to Johnson. English Survey II Development of English literature from the Romantics to the present. I Beginning course in the art of fiction, emphasizing form and language in the work of specific writers, along with some writing of fiction and criticism of student work. I Beginning course in the art of poetry, emphasizing form and language in the work of specific poets, along with some writing of poetry and criticism of student work. Writing for Television Techniques of, and practice in, writing spec scripts.