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58 courses with the subject ENG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

ENG 001College Preparatory English0

Description: This course provides intense instruction in small classes to enable underprepared students to meet the demands of college-level writing. Specifically, students practice basic writing skills in preparation for the requirements of ENG 101 (See catalog description of ENG 101 .) ENG 001 curriculum is designed to teach writing as a process encompassing pre-writing exercises, drafting, revising, and editing, but it is also provides review and instruction in basic grammar, punctuation, sentence boundaries and structural and developmental issues related to SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -n/a Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
0
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0
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
ENG 030English as a Second Language (ESL Writing III)0

Description: This course prepares students for ENG 101 . Advanced language skills and flexibility with advanced sentence structures, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions are stressed so that students develop correct, clear, and coherent self-expression. Students practice a variety of essay structures with a focus on presenting a point of view and supporting it with evidence. By the end of the semester, students are expected to write developed, coherent essays and to substantively revise, proofread, and edit their work. The course is also designed to develop in SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -n/a Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
0
Credits (max)
0
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Placement by Department.
ENG 099Support for Enhanced Composition0

Description: This noncredit companion course provides intense developmental instruction and support to enable students to successfully complete the requirements of ENG 100 , its credit-bearing corequisite (see catalog description of ENG 100 ). It is designed to help students meet the demands of college-level writing through pre-writing exercises, drafting, revising, and editing aligned with ENG 100 ’s curriculum. This class also provides review and instruction in basic grammar, punctuation, sentence boundaries, and structural and developmental elements of colleg SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -n/a Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer. Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
0
Credits (max)
0
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
ENG 100Enhanced Composition I3

Description: equisites: Score on the Placement essay of 5 or placement by Department. This course is equivalent to ENG 101 , the first credit-bearing course in composition. ENG 100 , created for underprepared students with marginal writing skills offers an extra hour for necessary developmental writing instruction and individualized support toward the creation of college-level essays. Exactly as does ENG 101 , the course prepares students to produce clear, well-developed, well organized, grammatically correct writing. The curriculum is designed to give students guided practice in pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing essays, with the addit Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Prer
ENG 101Composition I3

030 or placement by Department. Description: This course prepares students to produce clear, well-developed, well-organized, grammatically correct writing. The curriculum is designed to give students guided practice in drafting, revising, and editing essays. The course is also designed to develop the skills that enable students to interpret and analyze published texts. In addition to readings assigned in class, students respond to texts they locate themselves through research and write at least one documented or research essay. Students who have completed ENG 100 will not receive credit for EN SUNY GE-SCOO, SCOW, SCRT, SINF; SUNY GEN ED -GBCM; NCC GEN ED -COMP Offered: Fall, Winterim, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 001 , ENG 030 or placement by Department, RDG 001, concurrent enrollment in RDG
ENG 102Composition II3

Description: This course is an introduction to writing about literature. The course is designed for students to practice close reading and organizing evidence to support their written interpretation and analysis of literary texts. The course offers students continued practice in drafting, revising, and editing essays. A primary goal for students is to produce clear, well-developed, well-organized, grammatical writing. For at least one essay, students use research materials. SUNY GE-SCOO, SCOW, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GBCM, GHUM; NCC GEN ED -COMP, HUM Offered: Fall, Winterim, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 .
ENG 103Writing in the Sciences3

Description: This course is an analytical and writing intensive approach to the development of college-level writing in the sciences. The curriculum gives students practice in drafting, revising, and editing their writing; in using clear, succinct, standard English in expository, analytical, and practical writing assignments. Students analyze and interpret published texts in the sciences. Typical assignments include lab reports, abstracts, and reviews of research. At least one assignment requires student research. SUNY GE-SCOO, SCOW, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM,GBCM; NCC GEN ED -COMP, HUM Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 108 .
ENG 105Grammar: Structure and Strategy3

Description: This course is for students interested in improving their ability to write academic and professional English. It focuses on vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation at the sentence and paragraph levels. Students will study grammar, not only through rules and textual models, but also in the context and practice of their own writing and editing. SUNY GEN ED -GBCM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 108 .
ENG 108The Craft of Composition / Honors English I3

Description: This course centers on the study of rhetorical form-narration, description, classification, process analysis, definition, comparison/contrast, cause/effect and problem/solution-and uses the essay form as its method of investigation. The course is designed to give students a critical awareness of language and to teach language techniques through extensive readings. This course fulfills the college requirement for the first semester of English composition. SUNY GE-SCOO, SCOW, SCRT, SINF; SUNY GEN ED -GBCM; NCC GEN ED -COMP Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
By invitation only.
ENG 109The Art of Analysis / Honors English II3

Description: The second half of Honors English integrates literature-the introduction of poetry, fiction and drama- with further instruction in expository writing. The emphasis is on analyzing literature as a way of developing personal style. The course includes extensive readings of major literary figures whose works are the heritage of educated people. The course fulfills the College requirement for the second semester of English composition. SUNY GE-SCOO, SCOW, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED-GBCM, SUNY GEN ED -GHUM, NCC GEN ED -COMP, HUM Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 108 and/or by invitation.
ENG 111Technical Writing3

Description: This course examines the principles of technical writing and enables students to learn writing skills required in the technical job market. Style, strategy, and format in published samples of workplace writing are analyzed. Student writings include reports, proposals, memos, outlines, and abstracts. Regular attention is paid to grammar and techniques of revision. SUNY GE-SCOO, SCOW; SUNY GEN ED -GBCM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Completion of the composition requirement in the student's major.
ENG 203Early American Literature to 18653

Description: This course studies American literature through 1865. It examines the creation and emergence of American culture by engaging indigenous texts and colonial literatures (some in translation), Revolutionary Era writers, and early National writers, including some texts by formerly enslaved persons. Some representative authors are: Bradford, Winthrop, Wheatley, Franklin, Irving, Poe, Douglass, Emerson, Fuller, Hawthorne. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -WESH, HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 204Modern American Literature from 1865 to Present3

Description: This course studies evolving notions of the American individual and American society since the Civil War. Attention is paid to important literary texts and authors, significant historical and political events, and artistic innovations and movements. Writers studied include authors such as: Dickinson, Whitman, Twain, Wharton, Washington, DuBois, Eliot, Hemingway, Faulkner, Ellison, Baldwin, Plath, Rich, Alexie and others. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -WESH, HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 205Early English British Literature to 18003

Description: Students are introduced to major English writers in Britain from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 18th century. Themes, ideas and literary form of literary works are examined with the aims of appreciating the aesthetics and understanding the historical background. Literature is examined as both a product of its time and as influential force in society. Representative writers include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Defoe, Swift, and Pope. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 206Modern British Literature from 1800 to 19503

Description: Students are introduced to major British writers from the late 18th century to the mid Twentieth century, roughly 1950. Writers such as Wordsworth, Arnold, Dickens, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, and Du Maurier are studied. Each work is read both for understanding of its aesthetic form and for its relationship to the events and ideas of its historical time. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 207African American Literature I3

Description: (Dual listed with AFR 130 ) This course covers the development of African American literature from early ex-slave narratives and folklore following the advent of the trans-Atlantic slave trade through the Revolutionary, pre- and post-Civil War periods, to the major literary flowering of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 and ENG 102 or ENG 109
ENG 208African American Literature II3

Description: (Dual listed with AFR 131 ) The course examines the ideas, themes, and aesthetics in literature by African Americans from the 1930s to the present. Writers such as Dorothy West, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Walter Mosley are read. Writing is an integral components of the course. SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 , ENG 101 , or ENG 108 and ENG 102 or ENG 109 .
ENG 209Modern Irish Literature3

Description: This course examines outstanding works by major writers such as Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, O'Connor, Behan, and Beckett and their cultural background in relation to the Irish literary tradition. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -WESH, HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 109 .
ENG 215Journalism3

Description: The course examines the principles and practices of journalism and the media’s role in a democratic society. The course introduces students to basic reporting and newswriting skills, including interviewing, researching, and fact-checking. Students produce texts representing multiple genres of journalism, including hard news, features, profiles, critical reviews, cultural commentary, blogs, and op-ed articles. Students are introduced to the changes in journalism that have occurred due to the internet revolution. SUNY GE-SCOO, SCOW; SUNY GEN ED -GBCM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 108 .
ENG 216Autobiographical Literature3

Description: This course is a study of autobiographical literature, including, but not limited to, traditional autobiography, memoir, travel writing, and the personal essay. Students will read and examine representational pieces of autobiographical writing in order to assess how authors characterize themselves, their life choices, and their views of the world through prose. Writing is an integral component of the course. Students who have taken ENG 217 are discouraged from taking this course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 219Jewish Literature3

Description: This course introduces the range and diversity of Jewish writing from Biblical-era commentary to present-day texts. It enables students to appreciate literary development in relation to modern Jewish thought, culture, and creativity. The course includes works written in English and translations from Western and non-Western Jewish Literatures. Writing is an integral component of the course, as is the use of other media, including art, music, and film. SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -GLNW, HUM, LIT, PLDI, WESH, Offered: Fall, Winterim, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 220Mythology and Folklore3

Description: This course is a study of the mythological roots of literatures such as Greek, Roman, Indian, African, and Chinese mythology, tales from the Bible, and folk material such as ballads, fables, and proverbs. Myths and symbols are traced from their early sources through the 21st century. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -GLNW, HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 221Modern American Novel3

Description: Selected modern and contemporary authors such as Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, Baldwin, Wright, Welty, Morrison, Bellow, Husseini, Oates, and Erdrich are studied in relation to the historical and intellectual background of their times. Writing is an integral component of the course. Formerly ENG 305. Students who have completed ENG 305 will not receive credit for ENG 221 . SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM: NCC GEN ED -PLDI, HUM, LIT Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 222Latin American Literature3

Description: (Dual listed with LAS 222 ) This course introduces students to the range of literary traditions that comprise the literatures of Latin America. It examines literary productions in specific cultural and historical contexts. Most literary works are translated into English from Spanish or Portuguese; a few may be from indigenous languages, French, or Haitian creole. Representative countries include: the North American nation of Mexico, Central American nations such as Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala; Caribbean nations such as Cuba and Puerto Rico; and many South American nations such as SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED-GHUM; NCC GEN ED-HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 223Masterworks of Literature I3

Description: Students read selected masterpieces of world literature before 1500 C.E., such as, but not limited to, The Illiad, The Odyssey, the Torah, the Koran, the Ramayana, the Divine Comedy, Canterbury Tales, the Tale if Genji, and dramatic works by Shakespeare. Formerly ENG 311. Students who have completed ENG 311 will not receive credit for ENG 223 . SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -LIT, HUM Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 224Masterworks of Literature II3

Description: Students read selected masterpieces of world literature written after 1500 C.E.; such as Paradise Lost, The Dream of the Red Chamber, Madame Bovary, Crime and Punishment, A Hundred Years of Solitude, The Stranger, and Things Fall Apart. Writing is an integral component of the course. Formerly ENG 312. Students who have completed ENG 312 will not receive credit for ENG 224 . SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 225Introduction to Linguistics and Semantics I3

Description: This course is a study of basic aspects of language (e.g., phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics) as well as language in its social context (e.g. ethnic, regional, social, and gender differences). SUNY GEN ED -GBCM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Fall Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 108 .
ENG 226Introduction to Linguistics and Semantics II3

Description: This course examines grammatical systems and linguistic theory with primary emphasis upon first and second language acquisition. SUNY GEN ED -GBCM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 108 .
ENG 227South Asian Literature3

Description: This course will introduce students to the diverse literatures of South Asia. It will provide an understanding of the literary and cultural traditions of the sub-continent: classical, Islamic, European, and postcolonial. This course will include texts in English and in translation from such countries as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Tibet. Writing is an integral component of this course. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -GLNW, HUM, LIT Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 228Asian American Literature3

Description: This course examines literature by writers of Asian ancestry living in the United States, from the early 1900s to the present. It explores the historical, social and cultural contexts of the literary works. The varied ethnic groups include: Chinese American, Japanese American, Filipino American, Korean American, Vietnamese American, Indian and Pakistani American. Some representative authors are: Carlos Bulosan, John Okada, Maxine Hong Kingston, Bharati Mukherjee, and Amy Tan. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -PLDI, HUM, LIT Offered: Fall Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 229Native American Literature3

Description: This course examines narrative styles and themes in Native American literature, and focuses on its embodiment of traditional American Indian concepts of time, space, history, spirit, body, and community. How Native American literature adapts oral literature and its traditions to the requirements of written literature is central to the course. It also studies myth, pastiche, and humor as literary modes employed to challenge stereotypical depictions of "the Indian" in dominant Western culture. Authors include: N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lo SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 230Modern British & American Drama3

Description: This survey of British and American drama from the 20th century to the present encompasses a variety of aesthetic, political, and philosophical interests: social Darwinism, Freudian psychology, existentialism, the theatre of the absurd, minimalism, feminism, and the perspectives of Civil Rights' Movements. Representative playwrights might include Eugene O'Neill, Langston Hughes, Samuel Becket, Harol Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Luis Valdez, Adrienne Kennedy, and August Wilson. Formerly ENG 309. Students who have completed ENG 309 will not receive credit fo SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 231Mystery and Detective Fiction3

Description: The course offers a historical survey of mystery and detective fiction as well as of the various subcategories of the genre (e.g. the classic mystery, the noir mystery and contemporary realistic fiction). Short story, novel length and cinematic representatives of the genre may be included. Representative authors include: Poe, Doyle, Christie, Chandler, Grafton, Mosley, and Hillerman. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 232Studies in Children Literature3

Description: This course is a study of children's literature as it responds to children's aesthetic as well as developmental needs. A variety of prose and poetic genres are examined, including fables, fairy tales, fantasy, and others. Writing is an integral component of the course. Formerly ENG 314. Students who have completed ENG 314 will not receive credit for ENG 232 . SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 233Studies in Science Fiction3

Description: This course examines both historical and thematic aspects of the wide-ranging science fiction genre. Fantastic representations of social, political, technological, and environmental issues are considered. Writers such as Wells, Heinlein, Lessing, LeGuin, Atwood, Delany, and Butler are studied. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 236The Literature of the Bible3

Description: This course is a study of the Bible in English translation: its narrative and poetry, as well as its literary and historical meaning. Examined as a literary text, the Bible is read in light of its significant contributions to our culture. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, WESH Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 243LGBTQ Literature3

Description: Through the study of selected literary works, this course provides a background in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender theory and examines 20th century classification of people into these categories of “queer” or “straight.” Selections from classical Greece to present-day literature, with emphasis on their historical context, will present issues about the definition, experience, and acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 247Women in Literature3

Description: This course examines images of women from various feminist, historical, and cultural studies perspectives. The course observes how literary works may reflect or resist stereotypes and gender norms. While literature from different time periods and cultures is analyzed and studied comparatively, emphasis is given to feminist expressions in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Fall Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 248Women Writers3

Description: Students explore the variety of literature written by women from various cultures. The course analyzes the point of view and the changing status of the woman writer in contemporary times. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 251Film and Literature3

Description: This course examines narrative conventions used in both literature and film as well as what is unique to each art. Students study concepts including characterization, narrative, genre, form, symbolism and convention in both media. Content, themes, and film production are studied in historical context. Writing is an integral component of the course.. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 252Shakespeare on Stage & Page3

Description: (Dual listed with THR 252 ) This interdisciplinary course, team-taught by members of the English and Theatre Departments, offers a performance-oriented view of Shakespeare's plays. Students see films and videotapes as well as perform segments of the plays in class. Writing is an integral component of the course. Formerly ENG 300. Students who have completed ENG 300 will not receive credit for ENG 252 . SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, WESH Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 253Shakespeare Comedies & Histories3

Description: This survey course teaches how to read Shakespeare’s comedies and histories by exploring the character, theme, imagery, poetic techniques, and the evolving conventions of Elizabethan drama in plays such as A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Richard II, Henry IV and Richard III. Attention will be paid to influences of the Elizabethan Era on Shakespeare drama, and, of course, Shakespeare’s role in creating this new “modern” era of drama. Writing is an integral component of the course. Formerly ENG 301. Students who have completed SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, WESH Offered: Fall Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 254Shakespeare Tragedies3

Description: This survey teaches how to read Shakespeare’s tragedies. Students explore Shakespeare’s use of dramatic conventions such as the tragic hero, imagery, theme, and poetic/linguistic techniques in plays such as Macbeth, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar, Othello, and Hamlet. Attention will be paid to influences of the Elizabethan Era on Shakespeare’s work and Shakespeare’s influence on Elizabethan drama. Writing is an integral component of the course. Formerly ENG 302. Students who have completed ENG 302 will not receive credit for ENG 254 . SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 261Literature of the Holocaust3

Description: This course introduces students to the response of creative writers to the Nazi plan to destroy European Jewry between 1933 and 1945. Students read an international spectrum of writers and are introduced to the diversity of literary styles writers use to examine and convey the consequences of genocide. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT, PLDI Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 263The Modern American Short Story3

Description: Students study short stories by U.S. authors from the nineteenth century to the present. Stories are read with attention to historical and literary influences, and students closely study authors’ use of elements such as plot, characterization, point of view, linguistic choices such as diction and figurative language, setting, and theme. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 265Modern American Poetry3

Description: This course studies the diversity of American poetry from the 19th century to contemporary times. Analysis of the texts with reference to historical, cultural, artistic and contemporary trends and ideas is emphasized. Writers to be studied include, but are not limited to Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Eliot, Hughes, Bishop, Lowell, Rich, Plath, Cummings, Ashberry, Harper and Clifton. Writing is an integral component of this course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 267Satire3

Description: This course examines how satire is used to comment on human behavior and critique society. Representative authors include classics such as Aesop, Juvenal, Jonathan Swift, and Mark Twain as well as twentieth and twenty-first century authors such as Joseph Heller, Dorothy Parker, Dick Gregory, and Stephen Colbert. Some media sources are studied. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 271Psychoanalytic Approaches to Literature3

Description: Students read and analyze the impact of psychoanalytical theory on works of literature, focusing on issues such as human consciousness and behavior. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Fall, Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 281Nature in Literature3

Description: This course examines literature that considers the relationship between human beings and the natural world. It includes works that focus on conservation and ecology. It also explores how science relates to literary art. Representative selections include the Bible, medieval poetry and plays, pastoral poetry, plays by Shakespeare, and such writers as Gilbert White, Mary Shelley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Hardy, Isak Dinesen, Farley Mowat, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Barry Lopez, Leslie Mamon Silko, and Linda Hog SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 285Creative Writing3

Description: This course, conducted as a workshop, is for students interested in exploring their writing style within the basic imaginative genres: fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and script writing. Students will read and analyze literary models and then focus on their own writing, partaking in peer revision. Students are expected to complete one of the following: attend a literary reading; submit to or work on the student literary magazine Luna; participate in an activity sponsored by the Creative Writing Club or Creative Writing Program. Formerly ENG 3 SUNY GEN ED -GART; NCC GEN ED -FAPA, HUM Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 108
ENG 286Play & Screen Writing3

Description: This course, conducted as a workshop, is for students interested in exploring the craft of writing for the stage and screen. Students will read and analyze classic and contemporary dramas and then focus on their own scripts, partaking in peer revision. Students are expected to complete one of the following: attend a literary reading; submit to or work in the student literary magazine Luna; participate in an activity sponsored by the Creative Writing Club or Creative Writing Program. Formerly ENG 316 and ENG 116. Students who have completed ENG 316 o Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 109
ENG 287Fiction Writing3

Description: This course, conducted as a workshop, is for students who are interested in exploring fiction writing and discovering unique voices as storytellers. Students will read and analyze literary models to explore narrative techniques and then produce their own writing, partaking in peer revision. Students are expected to complete one of the following: attend a literary reading; submit to or work on the student literary magazine Luna; participate in an activity sponsored by the Creative Writing Club or Creative Writing Program. Formerly ENG 317 and ENG 117. Students wh SUNY GEN ED -GART; NCC GEN ED -FAPA, HUM Offered: Fall Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 109
ENG 288Poetry Writing3

Description: This course, conducted as a workshop, is for students interested in exploring the craft or poetry. Students will read and analyze classic and contemporary poems and then craft their own property, partaking in per revision. Students are expected to complete one of the following: attend a literary reading; submit to or work on the student literary magazine Luna; participate in an activity sponsored by the Creative Writing Club or Creative Writing Program. Formerly ENG 318 and ENG 118. Students who have completed ENG 318 or ENG 118 will not receive cre SUNY GEN ED -GART; NCC GEN ED -FAPA, HUM Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 109
ENG 290Creative Nonfiction Writing3

Description: This course, conducted as a workshop, will enable students to explore a fourth writing genre: creative nonfiction. Student writers will utilize traditional literary techniques, such as point of view, dialogue, characterization, scene construction, and aesthetics to translate life experiences into compelling pieces of literature. Students will read and analyze nonfiction literary models, attempting to emulate the samples in their own writing. Students are expected to complete one of the following: attend a literary reading; submit to or work on the s SUNY GEN ED -GART, NCC GEN ED -FAPA, HUM Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 109 .
ENG 294Cooperative Education Internship4

of the Department Chair. Description: By matching internships with pertinent class work in English, students will study the connection between the practical experience in the workplace with the theoretical concepts explored in the appropriate classroom setting. Occupational titles for which internships are appropriate may include Fact Finder, Copy Editor, Reporter, Photo Caption Editor, Columnist, Production Manager, and Report Writer. Formerly ENG 490. Students who have completed ENG 490 will not receive credit for ENG 294 . SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -HUM Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
One of the following: ENG 111 , ENG 200, ENG 215 , ENG 216 , or ENG 115 and permission
ENG 295Independent Study-English3

Description: SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -HUM. Formerly ENG 699. Students who have completed ENG 699 will not receive credit for ENG 295 . Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
ENG 298Comedy: Theory and Development3

Description: This course examines comedic genres such as farce and parody and emphasizes their historical development in works from various cultures. Writing is an integral component of the course. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, LIT Offered: Spring Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109 .
ENG 302Students who have completed ENG3

302 will not receive credit for ENG 254. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED-GHUM; NCC GEN ED-HUM, LIT, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: English

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu

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