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48 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 100English as a Second Language3

Developmental reading, writing, and speaking. Open only to students whose native language is not English.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 111& 112 College Composition6
Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
6
Credits (max)
6
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 112Spring, even-numbered years
Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 200Introduction to Literature3

A discussion-based course that provides a general introduction to literature through reading, analyzing, and writing about fiction, poetry, and drama from different cultures and time periods. Required of all English majors. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Human Experience.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 204The Story of English3

An exploration of where the English language came from and where it is going. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Human Experience. Fall, odd-numbered years

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 209Survey of British Literature3

A comprehensive survey of major movements in British Literature from the Old English period to the present day that provides a foundation for further study. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 211British Literature, Beowulf to Milton3

A comprehensive survey of major movements and authors in British literature from the Old English period to the eighteenth century that provides a foundation for further study. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Human Experience. Fall, even-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 212British Literature, Blake to present3

Choose Seven Courses: 21 To be selected from upper-level English courses not yet taken to fulfill core requirements. Electives include all 300-400-level English courses, and the following 200-level courses:

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 213World Mythology3

A discussion-based course on masterpieces of world myth, reflecting the breadth and diversity of human myth-making across the globe, from Ancient Mesopotamia to medieval Africa. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Human Experience. Spring, even-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 214Survey of African American Literature3

A comprehensive survey of key works of drama, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry by African American authors from the Colonial period to the present. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Human Experience. Spring, odd-numbered years. Mars Hill University Academic Catalog 2026-27 189

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 215Survey of American Literature3

A comprehensive survey of American literature from the Colonial period to the present that provides a foundation for further study. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Human Experience. Spring only.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 229Women Writers3

Literature and women and gender studies course that pairs current feminist theory with contemporary literature by women writers from around the world. Cross-listed as WGS 229. Offered Fall, even years. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Human Experience.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
Alias
WGS 229
ENG 230Creative Writing3

90 Mars Hill University Academic Catalog 2026-27

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 250The Ninth Art: Comics of the Francophone World3

III. Electives 38 credit hours Students may choose to meet the elective hours required by completing a second major, a minor, or selected courses of personal interest. Mars Hill University Academic Catalog 2026-27 91

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 261Internship 1–3

An initial outside-the-classroom experience enabling students to explore new areas or to supplement regular courses. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Department approval required.

Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 262Peer Disciplinary and Collaborative Writing1

A one-hour course designed to prepare students to be effective peer collaborators and tutors, including but not limited to the work of writing tutors and WID fellows. ENG 262 includes a study of various disciplines as well as a study of approaches to composition theory, discourse communities, and effective methods of working with students and professors across campus. Required for all MHU Writing Center Tutors and Writing Fellows.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 263Peer Collaboration Across Disciplines

ENG 327 or 328 Special Topics ENG/WGS 229 Women Writers

Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2023-2024
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 300400 level literature course3

164 Mars Hill University Academic Catalog 2025-26

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 322American Literature Seminar3

An in-depth study of selected works of American literature from the Colonial period to the present focusing on a particular theme or genre. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Fall.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 323British Literature Seminar I3

An in-depth study of selected works of early Anglophone literature from the Old English period to the end of the seventeenth century focusing on a particular theme or genre. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Spring, even-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 324British Literature Seminar II3

An in-depth study of selected works of British literature from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present focusing on a particular theme or genre. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Fall, even-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 327Special Topics3

Options for students to study, according to their interests, a variety of topics not covered in regular courses.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 328Special Topics3

Options for students to study, according to their interests, a variety of topics not covered in regular courses. To be announced by the department. Prerequisite: ENG 112.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 329Diversity in American Lit
Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 333Grammar and Ling TESL3

Study of the phonetic, morphological and syntactic systems of the English language and the distinctive features of major world language groups as a basis for helping students acquire English as a Second Language. Prerequisite: ENG 112.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 334Second Language and Literacy Development3
Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2023-2024
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 335Modern and Contemporary Literature3

Selected works of modern and contemporary poetry and fiction. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Spring, odd-numbered years. Mars Hill University Academic Catalog 2025-26 203

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 340Appalachian Literature3

Selected essays, fiction, folk tales, and poetry by representative Appalachian authors, past and present.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 112. Fall, even-numbered years.
ENG 342Shakespeare: Lessons for Life3

Selected works of William Shakespeare. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Character In Our World. Prerequisite: junior status.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 350Technical & Professional Writing3

Advanced exposition, business and technical writing, including composing for computer media.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 112. Spring, odd-numbered years.
ENG 351Writing for Digital Platforms

Choose One course from: 3

Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 354Spies, Wizards, and Superheroes: Language in Popular Culture3

This course examines popular culture through two lenses: our case studies examine the popular construction of the hero, and we also examine major theoretical studies of different genres, including TV, popular music and fiction, film, and consumption in American life. In this culminating and collaborative general education experience, students will work in a professional manner with students from other disciplines to create a cross-disciplinary solution to a problem specific to the course content. Prerequisites: ENG 112 and junior or senior standing. Offered fall, odd-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 355Social Justice in Literature and Culture3

Course that explores the role of literature, film and other artistic forms of expression in American civil rights and social justice movements. In this culminating and collaborative general education experience, students will work in a professional manner with students from other disciplines to create a cross-disciplinary solution to a problem specific to the course content. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Character in Our World. Prerequisites: ENG 111, 112, and junior or senior standing. Fall, even-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 356Fairy Tales: Constructing or Deconstructing Culture3

Explores the history, evolution, and cultural impact of fairy tales, in a variety of artistic forms. In this culminating and collaborative general education experience, students will work in a professional manner with students from other disciplines to create a cross-disciplinary solution to a problem specific to the course content. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Character In Our World. Prerequisites: ENG 111, 112, and junior or senior standing. Fall, even-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 357The Living Dead - the Role of the Zombie in Literature and Popular Culture3

Interdisciplinary course that explores the role of the zombie in contemporary literature, film, and other artistic forms of expression from across the world. In this culminating and collaborative general education experience, students will work in a professional manner with students from other disciplines to create a cross-disciplinary solution to a problem specific to the course content. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Character In Our World.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
Prerequisite
ENG 111, 112, and junior or senior standing. Spring, even-numbered years.
ENG 358American Environmental Expression: Literature, Culture, and Nature3

Studies a range of materials that explore the relationship between humans and all those nonhuman things we lump together and call “Nature”: land, water, plants, and animals. Course materials will include essays, poetry, paintings, documentary films, and audio recordings, as well as a few examples of the raw stuff of nature. In this culminating and collaborative general education experience, students will work in a professional manner with students from other disciplines to create a cross-disciplinary solution to a problem specific to the course content. This course meets the requirement of the “Cultivating Character for a Fulfilling Life” general education curriculum for Character in Our World. Prerequisites: ENG 111, 112, and junior or senior standing. Spring, odd-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 371World Literature3

Selected works of world literature reflecting a variety of cultural traditions. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Offered as needed.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 399Fall only. Fulfills a General Education Practicum requirement
Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 430Fiction Writing3

A hands-on course in which students explore the principles of writing prose through extensive reading of other writers’ works and intensive writing of their own. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Spring, even-numbered years. 204 Mars Hill University Academic Catalog 2025-26

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 431Poetry Workshop3
Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 432Creative Non-Fiction3

A hands-on course in which students explore the basic principles of writing creative nonfiction (including memoir, the personal essay, literary journalism, sports writing, and travel writing) through extensive reading of other writers’ works and intensive writing of their own. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Fall, odd-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 433Narrative Journalism3

Hands-on course in the development of narrative journalism, including intensive workshop and writing of narrative journalism pieces. Prerequisites: ENG 112, ENG 230. Fall, even-numbered years.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 442Shakespeare3

Selected works of William Shakespeare. Prerequisite: ENG 112. Spring, odd-numbered years. Mars Hill University Academic Catalog 2026-27 191

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 450Senior Seminar3

Advanced writing and research, group discussion, oral presentation skills, word processing skills. Culminates in a final seminar project to be presented to the college community. Prerequisite: ENG 112 and

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 455Creative Writing Portfolio Experience3

A hands-on portfolio experience in which students work directly and extensively with a faculty member to develop a body of creative work that has undergone a thorough revision process. In addition to the process of writing, students will also learn about the technique of organizing a large body of work, focusing on how to arrange the individual pieces and also searching for themes in their own writing. Prerequisite: ENG 230 ENG 457, 458 Directed Readings 3, 3 Independent readings directed by a member of the English faculty and approved by the department. Department approval required.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 457458 Directed Readings 3, 3

Independent readings directed by a member of the English faculty and approved by the department. Department approval required.

Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 460Independent Study3

Independent reading and research directed by a member of the English faculty and approved by the department. Open only to juniors and seniors. Department approval required.

Subject
ENG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu
ENG 461Internship 1–6

A student/agency-originated and departmentally approved field-learning experience which enables students to apply previously attained knowledge and skills.

Subject
ENG
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027-undergraduate
Source
www.mhu.edu

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